2005 Volkswagen Touareg V8 Road Test

A V8-powered Volkswagen Touareg was the vehicle of choice for a get-into-summer driving vacation, which led us into the arid lands that lie beyond the mountains bordering my hometown. Although the trip found us negotiating some tremendously high mountain passes, it was all done on pavement, so testing the off-road ability of the Touareg will have to await future opportunities. Nonetheless, I undertook to perform the duties of a diligent automotive journalist by testing and scrutinizing VW's subject matter as exhaustively as possible.