I was at the lights...

[The Negotiator]

next to one of those ugly VW things, like the Cayenne and it was chugging away, could tell it was a diesel but admittedly a fairly refined one. Usually on my bike I get a good few metres ahead before they get passed, this just launched off the spot ahead of me and I was impressed; for a diesel. As it went passed I caught on the boot "V10" and I thought "oh, I thought it was a td, at least that explains its performance", however, I just did a search and it was a V10 diesel! I never knew they made that. 553 lbs ft torque (750N) at 2000rpm....! 23MPG still and although I am not sure how quick it is, it was quick off the mark!

 

[wolfracepunto]

A monster!!! Id love one of those things

 

[RedSei]

yup... i remember watching it on 5th gear ages ago. quite impressive pulling power.

 

[serin]

was that when that long haired bloke pulled off the engine cover to show the engine, and also pulled a telagraph pole???



that was 5th Gear!!

 

[Neofolis]

I assume we are talking Phaeton V10. Begs the question, who would pay 80K for a VW.

 

[RedSei]

yep.. the telegraph pole thing.
and no, not the phaeton exec car.
its the 4x4, the toureg.

 

[thefishdude]

yeah pulled the pole with clarkson sitting on it talking about it, very impresive.

 

[Paul Westhead]

If i remember correctly he also towed a combine harvester and i can tell you this, they are not light machines!!!!

 

[Steven]

An ungly bastard of a car...

 

[pinin__prestatyn]

go to my "super lada" post and search through the vids, there's one there about the v10 diesel touraeg. Clarkson likes the power, if nothing else.

 

[Alex]

yeah... the cayenne is the porsche thing, but they do look remarkably similar. I like the VW thing, but wouldn't have one, much prefer a golf *prepares to be spanked*.

 

[thefishdude]

i would have one lol but woul prefer a nice big american pick up i love huge cars......why am a driving a punto again ???

 

[RedSei]

take a gander at this... http://www.americancarimports.com/stock/stockdetail.asp?id=324

15 gears and 20 gauges!