The Volkswagen Touareg R50 is a four wheel drive motor car, with its engine positioned in the front, and a 5 door off-road vehicle body.
Its 10 cylinder, single overhead camshaft turbocharged engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 4.9 litres. It musters power and torque figures of 345 bhp (350 PS/257 kW) at 3500 rpm and 850 Nm (627 lbft/86.7 kgm) at 2000 rpm respectively.
This power is delivered to the wheels via a 6 speed automatic gearbox.
Having a stated weight at the kerb of 2602 kg, the Volkswagen Touareg R50 manages the 0-100 km/h sprint in 6.9 seconds and the standing kilometre in 27.4 seconds.
Maximum stated speed is 235 km/h (146 mph), claimed fuel consumption is 17.7/9.6/12.6 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 333.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater off-road vehicle | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2855 mm | 112.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | |||
| Track/tread (rear) | |||
| Length | 4754 mm | 187.2 inches | |
| Width | 1928 mm | 75.9 inches | |
| Height | 1778 mm | 70 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.67 | ||
| Kerb weight | 2602 kg | 5736 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 100 litres | 22 [26.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged diesel | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Volkswagen | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 10 | ||
| Capacity | 4.9 litre 4921 cc (300.298 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 81 × 95.5 mm
3.19 × 3.76 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.85 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 20 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 350 PS (345 bhp) (257 kW) at 3500 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 850 Nm (627 ft·lb) (86.7 kgm) at 2000 rpm |
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| Specific output | 52.3 kW/litre 71.1 ps/litre 70.1 bhp/litre 1.15 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
172.73 Nm/litre
2.09 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | aluminium alloy block & head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 18.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | common rail direct diesel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 2170.6 kPa (314.8 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 6 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 492.1 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo D. | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 4.7 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 6.9 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | 19.1 s | ||
| Standing quarter-mile | 14.8 s | ||
| Standing kilometre | 27.4 s | ||
| Maximum speed | 235 km/h (146 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 134.43 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 PS/kg 98.87 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 kW/kg 132.59 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 10.11 kg/kW 16.89 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 17.7/9.6/12.6 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 17.7/9.6/12.6 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 5.6/10.4/7.9 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 16.0/29.4/22.4 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 13.3/24.5/18.7 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 333.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | M | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | four wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | |||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 9J x 21 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 9J x 21 | ||
| Tyres front | 295/35 R 21 Y | ||
| Tyres rear | 295/35 R 21 Y | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 368 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 358 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.69 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.27 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 177441 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 40.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2008 Volkswagen Touareg R50 added 2008-05-18. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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