The Touareg TDI is not your father’s Oldsmobile. I know, because I unfortunately drove my father’s 85HP, 1983 Cutlass Cierra diesel when I was a kid. Since my dad was a glutton for punishment, this was not his first unreliable GM diesel; we also had a 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser with the infamous diesel V8. After about 30,000 miles, both our diesels smoked like a 60 year old hooker. Since potential clean diesel shoppers seem to fall into the 30-60 year old demographic, this is still the image that diesel brings to mind for many, not the reliable but low-volume European diesels from the 70s and 80s. If sales numbers are any indication however, BMW Mercedes and VW have been changing the tide of public opinion.
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Tagged as 2011, Diesel, Fuel Economy, Off-Road, Review, Road Test, SUV, TDI, touareg, Tow, Volkswagen
Tagged as 2011, Diesel, Fuel Economy, Off-Road, Review, Road Test, SUV, TDI, touareg, Tow, Volkswagen
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