the first pack was finished before we made it to the market’ s exit.
Carrying food and beverage in any car is a challenge most of the time, and while the Touareg’ s cabin isn’ t exactly a sealed picnic basket in standard form, I was pleased to find that my 1.5-litre bottles of water fit in the door pockets easily.
At a glance, it might be easy to dismiss the Touareg as an extravagant irrelevance, especially in light of the trend towards ever more parsimonious vehicles.
But the V6 TDI held its own rather well in the fuel consumption stakes; an estimated 720 kilometres was available from a full tank of diesel.
In our time with it, the Touareg also turned out to be a convincing device to use and live with on a daily basis, with commendable refinement and a generous level of equipment.
Considered as a multi-purpose tool with a dose of luxury, the Touareg makes sense for the urbanite who likes to go exploring every now and then.
That duality is further enhanced by Area View, the Touareg’ s external camera system which turned out to be just as useful for negotiating unpaved terrain as it was for sighting kerbs and walls in parking lots.
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