Volkswagen Touareg

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Volkswagen Touareg
Overview
Manufacturer	Volkswagen Group
Production	August 2002 – present
Assembly	Slovakia: Bratislava (Volkswagen Bratislava Plant) Malaysia: Pekan (HICOM)[1] (from 2024)
Body and chassis
Class	Mid-size luxury crossover SUV
Body style	5-door SUV
Layout	Front-engine, four-wheel-drive (4motion)

The Volkswagen Touareg (German pronunciation: [ˈtuːaʁɛk]) is a car produced by German automaker Volkswagen Group since 2002 at the Volkswagen Bratislava Plant. Considered the first luxury mid-size crossover SUV by Volkswagen, the vehicle is named after the nomadic Tuareg people, inhabitants of the Saharan interior in North Africa.^[2] The Touareg was originally developed with the Porsche Cayenne and Audi Q7 and as of October 2020^[update], the Touareg was developed with the Audi Q8, the Bentley Bentayga and the Lamborghini Urus. The first generation (2002–2010) offered five, six, eight, ten and twelve-cylinder engine choices.