VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG 3.0 TSI

Price £57,305 On sale Now

What’s new? 3.0 V6 petrol power joins diesels in new Touareg line-up to create 335bhp flagship

DRIVING THIS TOUAREG makes you realise why petrol power has fallen so far out of favour in the large SUV class over the years.

While the 3.0 V6 is quiet and refined, and delivers a hefty punch up the rev range, your eyes are always drawn to the digital instrument display’s live fuel economy figure, which struggles to get out of the teens for the most part. In what is such an interesting, high-tech car both to look at and to sit in, this feels a good generation or two old to experience. Not only is the V6 diesel more economical, but the accessibility of the engine is greater, too, particularly lower down the rev range.

If you’re really set against the idea of diesel, it’s likely you’re not that enamoured by the idea of a £50,000plus VW SUV whatever powers it. ★★★CC