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New Volkswagen Touareg drives more than
16,000km to its own world premier
He's done it again: Rainer Zietlow and his team are among the guests of honour at the world premiere of the third
generation Volkswagen Touareg in Beijing today. The adventurer and his companions drove to the world premiere to
Beijing over land in a camouflaged prototype of the new Volkswagen Touareg. The team spent a total of 21 days on the
"Bratislava2Beijing" tour.
he new Touareg
with its numerous
driver assistance
systems proved to
be an absolutely
reliable and
comfortable car on this world
premiere drive", says Rainer
Zietlow. "The new Volkswagen SUV
is absolutely suitable in every
respect for long distances and
impressed us in unpredictable road
and weather conditions."
For three weeks Zietlow and his
team put the new Touareg to the
ultimate test. The route of the
"Bratislava2Beijing" project took the
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Touareg pioneers through eleven
countries: Slovakia, Austria, the
Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania,
Latvia, Estonia, Russia,
Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China.
The starting point was the
Volkswagen plant in Bratislava,
where the Touareg has been
manufactured for 16 years. Almost
one million units have rolled off the
production line since the start of
series production in 2002.
Zietlow and his comrades drove
the new Touareg through wintry
Europe and deep-frozen parts of
Asia. Daily stages, some of which
were more than 1,000 kilometres
long and temperature ranges of
minus 23 to plus 21 degrees
Celsius, demanded everything
from man and machine, giving the
team unforgettable moments at the
same time. Unique landscapes,
hair-raising road conditions, sit-ins
with ice fishers. And never feeling
out of place: the new Touareg –
with camouflaged front and rear
before its world premiere.
The journey to the world
premiere in Beijing took them
along the snow-covered Urals, past
frozen Lake Baikal through the
expanses of Kazakhstan, the
mountains and steppes of
Mongolia and finally over Inner
Mongolia to the Middle Kingdom.
16,500 exciting kilometres, marking
another milestone in the long-
distance history of the Volkswagen
Touareg. So far Rainer Zietlow has
driven a Touareg along the
"Panamericana" from Tierra del
Fuego to Alaska in eleven days
and 17 hours, from Melbourne to
St. Petersburg ("Russtralia") in 17
days and eleven hours, from South
Africa to Norway ("Cape to Cape
2.0") in nine days and four hours
and from Magadan (Eastern
Russia) to Lisbon in six days and
nine hours.
Flexible finance options now just a click away
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles launches new online finance calculator.
olkswagen
Commercial
Vehicles is adding
functionality to its
award-winning
website with the
launch of an interactive finance
calculator, designed to make the
process of choosing the right
finance package easier than ever
for customers.
The new finance calculator gives
customers the ability to choose
from a range of flexible finance
options, including contract hire,
V
finance lease, hire purchase, lease
purchase and Solutions personal
contract purchase (PCP), to help
them finance their next vehicle.
After selecting their vehicle
customers can then see a detailed
breakdown of the different finance
routes available. Customers can
also adjust variables such as terms
and deposits, and the examples
produced using the calculator can
be emailed to themselves or saved
for future reference.
Sarah Cox, Head of Marketing
from Volkswagen Commercial
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Vehicles said: “The new finance
calculator is another example of
our commitment to supporting our
customers every step of the way
through our ‘Working With You’
promise. Navigating finance
options can be tricky so we, along
with our colleagues from
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicle
Financial Services, have designed
this calculator to make it easier for
customers to understand the
possible routes they can take to
pay for their van and work out
which is the best option for them
and their business.”
The finance calculator is just one
of many useful online tools
available on the Volkswagen
Commercial Vehicles website,
which also offers the ability to book
test drives or servicing, configure
your perfect van or find a Van
Centre or Authorised Repairer.
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