VW Touareg Lux Limited Edition for US Only
Volkswagen has released its Touareg Lux Limited Edition at Detroit Auto Show. This limited edition SUV will be built 1940 units for American market only and will be the first edition on the most economical and cleanest SUV to the US market.
VW Touareg Lux Limited Edition offeres a new V6 TDi engine with 165 kW / 225 PS; and two gasoline engine, a V6 FSI (206 kW / 280 PS), and a V8 FSI (257 kW / 350 PS).
It comes with 20″ alloy wheels, a styling package with special side skirts and customized front and rear aprons and a color lineup customized for the limited edition.
VW Touareg Lux Limited Edition comes with new Biscay blue color as a addition for the previous Black magic pearl effect, Campanella white and Galapagos gray. Featuring two-tone leather, various other accents and standard 12-way power seats for its interior, unfortunately Volkswagen has not explained about its Touareg Lux Limited Edition’s price.
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NAIAS 2009 Touareg “Lux Limited”
Wolfsburg / Detroit, January 2009. In just a few weeks, Volkswagen of America will be introducing one of the most economical and cleanest SUVs to the US market: the new Touareg V6 TDI with a powerful 165 kW / 225 PS Clean Diesel. In parallel to the debut of the pioneeringly efficient Touareg, Volkswagen is now presenting in Detroit an outstandingly exclusive special model of its high-end SUV: the Touareg “Lux Limited”. It will launch with the new V6 TDI and two highly advanced gasoline engines: a V6 FSI (206 kW/280 PS) and a V8 FSI (257 kW/350 PS).
Exterior of the “Lux Limited” edition
On its exterior, the Touareg “Lux Limited” makes its appearance with high-end 20-inch alloy wheels (“Ayers Rock” type) and size 275 all-season tires, a styling package with special side skirts and customized front and rear aprons and a color lineup customized for the limited edition. The Touareg “Lux Limited” may be ordered in the exterior colors “Biscay blue”, “Black magic pearl effect”, “Campanella white” and “Galapagos gray” � the “Biscay blue” color new to the product lineup.
Interior of the “Lux Limited” edition
The Volkswagen Touareg is offered with a very long list of standard features across the board � i.e. in every version. After all, the German SUV is one of the highest end vehicles of its type in the world. The “Lux Limited” � developed by Volkswagen Individual � now goes even one step further. That is because it always includes a two-tone leather interior combined with special interior accents based on the particular color variant.
Version 1: Cricket leather in the color combination “Latte Macchiato / St. Tropez white”; where the center seat panels are kept in white. In this case, the interior accents are in “Poplar grain” decor.
Version 2: Cricket leather in “Anthracite / St. Tropez white”. An “Engine spin dark” decor with a metallic look and feel is used here. In both variants the door panel inserts are trimmed in “St. Tropez white”.
In addition, the driver and front passenger of the Touareg “Lux Limited” get standard 12-way power seats.
