Rumormill: Volkswagen Touareg R Hybrid under consideration

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2011 Volkswagen Touareg - Click above for high-res image gallery

The words "performance" and "hybrid" are typically only bandied about in the same sentence by marketing types. Here in the real world, lugging around an extra few hundred pounds of batteries is no way to sharpen a vehicle's dynamics, but if the rumors kicking around the interwebs are to be believed, that's exactly what Volkswagen has planned with a new R version of the Touareg. Auto Evolution reports that engineers are hard at work on a new version of the CUV that will pack a punch from both a gasoline V8 and a powerful electric motor.

As you might imagine, specs for such a monstrosity aren't exactly solid, but the Italian rag says VW is shooting for 500 horsepower from the V8 and 47 horsepower from an electric motor. Sure, that means the high-rider will pack a grand total of 547 ponies, but we're more interested in the mountain-moving levels of torque available from such a combination. Sounds like a fine way to embarrass a Porsche Cayenne Turbo, if nothing else.


Gallery: First Drive: 2011 Volkswagen Touareg



Photos by Jonathan Ramsey/ Copyright (C)2010 AOL
[Source: Auto Evolution]Rumormill: Volkswagen Touareg R Hybrid under consideration originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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