VW Touareg vs. 4Runner

Which Is the Better SUV

  • 4Runner

    Votes: 75 32.9%
  • Touareg

    Votes: 18 7.9%
  • Is this a joke????

    Votes: 135 59.2%

  • Total voters
    228
twitchee2 said:
" 310 hp and 0-60 in 7.6 seconds says it all."

isnt the v8 4R 0-60 in 7.6 and the v6 in 7.8?
That sounds about right. I venture to say the weight to HP ratio is about the same, considering the VW is much heavier.

But what about the Toureg W12 (yes "W" configuration), offered very limited outside the US? 6 liter 450 HP, 0-60 in about 5.7 secs.

Has anyone had any experience with the twin turbo V10 diesel 5 liter available? 310 HP with a whopping 553 ft lbs.! :runaway:V10 Twin Turbo
 
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TeryT said:
That sounds about right. I venture to say the weight to HP ratio is about the same, considering the VW is much heavier.

But what about the Toureg W12 (yes "W" configuration), offered very limited outside the US? 6 liter 450 HP, 0-60 in about 5.7 secs.

Has anyone had any experience with the twin turbo V10 diesel 5 liter available? 310 HP with a whopping 553 ft lbs.! :runaway:V10 Twin Turbo

According to the VW web site the V6 Touareg does 0-60 in 8.3 seconds.

V10 TDI Touareg is Tooo Rich for my blood. Base price starts at $68,320 and tops out at $75,070.
 
I love it when someone votes and gives an old thread a bump. Dealers around here were discounting V-10 Touareg's 15k last fall!
 
I just checked with a buddy of mine. A 2007 V8 Toureg w/15k miles is going through auction for $22k, OUCH!:bash:

:cheers:
 
The Touareg needs to be that fast, so it can be 1st in line at the mechanic. There is no way on earth that I would ever consider attempting to do 1/10th of the things the 4runner can handle on a day to day basis. You'd have to jump a 4runner like the General Lee to cause as much damage as taking a Touareg through a mudhole.
 
Those things having problems. A buddy had one and it just all went downhill. 4Runner all the way, least I can swear it's the best thing ever and it won't make me look like a liar.
 
You silly Toyota people

I wont take it from you, Toyotas are pretty reliable vehicles... But when you stoop to a re****ed state and make comments like "my Toyota with its tiny little engine is just as fast as the Touareg with a larger engine" and talk down on it for it, why dont you look at the weight comparison of the 2 vehicles 1st?! The VW weighs almost 1,200lbs more!!!! Now your talking about a car that has a bigger engine but only slightly more HP compared to the weight difference and it actually makes your Toyota look like crap. For the HP you do have in that Toyota it should be faster, but of course, being that its a Toyota its not fast. But hey you still have its reliability! The Touareg has far more off road capaibility then any Toyota minus the Land Cruiser that you spend $85,000+ for and had to special order lol.
You get what you pay for in the Touareg which is far more advanced than any Toyota will have in an SUV. I will also add that fixing my Touareg is pretty expensive but its a fix that once its done then its DONE. Not like a Toyota that the part will eventually wear out again. Toyotas have known issues with over heating even when properly maintained, the water pump will be replaced multiple times, cost you about $700 for the new pump, belt and shop fee. The suspension to Toyotas are horrible at best, parts wear out quickly on them. CV joints are very weak in them as well. Alignment needs to be done about every 6,000 miles because the top mount was cheaply designed. The list goes on and on with problems related to Toyota. Now, if you think im trash talking it because i own a Touareg you will be very very wrong, i trash talk it only because of the ignorance of some of the Toyota drivers. My mother in law has a newer Toyota 4 runner and has constant issues, nothing huge like engine or transmission but a lot of small annoying issues that i end up taking care of. The customer care is where there is a night and day difference! I have taken my Touareg to VW even out of warranty and they have taken care of some things for me, Toyota on the other hand you sometimes have to fight just to take care of items that are even in warranty. Im sure my thread will stir up a couple bees nest but thats ok because once you calm down and get off your high horse you will realize that i am right and not just talking out of my @$$ like some of these Toyota lovers in here.
 
Maybe his mother-in-law got a lemon (or he is exaggerating) . . .

Don't feed the troll.
Yeah, most of what he said didn't make any sense/is not true. None of the things he mentioned on mine have gone out, and I have almost 130k miles - with lots of that in offroading & towing the below all over the mountains & very hot deserts.

Now have some other things given me issues? Yes, mostly electronic and were handled completely by extended warranty.

FUNNY THAT THIS AD FOR VW TOUREG NOW APPEARS BELOW - GOOGLE'S SENSE OF HUMOR I GUESS! Opps - now it's disappeared . . .
 
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All I have to say... is that I see a ridiculous amount of German vehicles that I have to work on. (I work with my co-worker and run our used-car service department at the dealership... some reason our Sales Dept LOVES BMWs, big piles of crap they are...) While the VW aren't as bad as the Mercedes or god forbid BMWs, they have wonderful amounts of issues. 1.8L Turbo anyone? Probably one of the worst modern engines from VW I have ever had to work on. about 80% of the ones I see have blown turbos, puking oil into the cracked open PCV system and drowning the intake and intercooler in its own engine oil. Or how about the myraid of electrical and computer issues these German Cars have?

Nothing against the cars, they are technologically advanced and they do have a ton of cool features that most Toyotas never even bothered with. But at the same time, they over engineered these damn things. Do you really need four modules, no physical linkages, and other crap to unlock and open a door? Don't assume that a lack of complexity is inherently better, sometimes sticking with the simple things is a lot better than over engineering things, that don't need to be over engineered.

The Touareg and the 4Runner are no where near each other in terms of similarity other than the "luxury SUV" segment.
 
I can't believe that 4runner people have gone 7 pages butting heads about a Toureg.

Rise above this people. Let it go.
 
My friends dad just got a TDI one and sure its nice and i would love to have one but reliability wise and strength wise it doesn't hold a candle to the 4runner and plus the 4runner is more customizable and badass
 

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