OH MY GOD I LOVE THESE!! Thanks for this video these are my favorite SUV'S! My dad really wanted to buy one back in 04 when they came out but he went with a used passat instead because it was a lot cheaper and easier on gas. We're a Vw family as you can probably tell lol. Oh yeah and of all of the VW's we've had none have done that with the buttons even after 180k on the passat. It really shows what a difference my obsessive detailing has made.

I love that engine... Not many SUVs that sound like i high performance Audi when you rev the piss out of it... I love to take mine to 6500 RPM all the time.

the reason the buttons and finishes on the dash are like that is most likely from someone using an aggressive cleaner to clean the dash which "melted" the soft touch covering on all of the plastics.. its not typical. *I own many VW's and a v8 touareg*

Very nice car bro! Love the engine, finish, just everything

The V10 Diesel version can pull a 747 ;D

Yeah, I have one the same year with 60,000 miles on it, and the buttons show no sign of wear whatsoever. These vehicles were known to have quircks.... I certainly would say they have personality, and a fair bit of pep. The engine is a bit over 300 HP, but has over 400 ft-lbs of torque. Feels really nice to drive, and the engine has a great high performance tone. Fuel mileage is horrendous, though. ** People buy HP, but drice torque.

But these are really nice cars though. I remember I really liked it when I saw it in Motortrend in 04!

So I have a question about the compass in the clock if you are still active on KZread or have the car. Does the compass only come on when the car is on or is there a button you have to press to make it display?

Have this exact 2004 model. Been awesome, well maintained, but looking to sell this summer. Has 107K miles, great condition. Probably sell around $7500.

NIce reviews man.Can you test the new acura ILX or RDX ? Thanks.

German buttons are a bit sensitive for fading. The chiming is typical for the US. No car chimes in Europe...

I had a feeling that if you actually take care of the interior and keep it clean that wouldnt happen to the buttons, they are really nice SUVs for sure

these r nice i gotta admit :P

That problem with the peeling in the interior seems to be common in VWs/Audis of the early 2000s. I have test driven a few and almost all of them had that peeling paint especially around the shifter

It's the high pressure fuel system. If you have ever had a fuel injected car, thats what it sounds like. They all sound the same.

I love the purple gauges

Dude...we need drive by shots. Lol

Wow, the buttons on our 04 Sienna didn't look that bad ever.

I double checked it, it said 300 hp on edmunds, the V10 TDI makes 310 hp

Stainless steel pillar posts by ABD racing, inspired from the Cayenne. ;)

I loved these! And I love the first gen better than the second because of how rounded off it is. I don't care for VW's new styling. Side note: there is NO REASON why buttons should look like that. I shop used cars all the time and VW and AUDI are the only makers that have the buttons rubbed of so bad. Who is going to buy a car like that? I wouldn't. I could understand if it were like the #1 button for the radio, but almost every one?! and the window switches?! They obviously had cut corners.

i like the audi q7 over this, but the price for the q7 is pumped up with its nameplate. good video

I have never seen the peeling buttons in Europe even on older VW's...would they really use cheaper plastic for the US versions or has the previous owner had some weird hand cream thats mildly corrosive.

@robertwilsoniii2048

7 жыл бұрын

It was Porsche's call. The Touareg was given to VW by Porsche in exchange for funding by VW to allow Porsche to build the car as a desperate move to prevent from going out of business. Basically, Porsche was desperate and needed the cash from VW; in exchange VW took the rights to the patents on the Porsche Cayenne and built the Touareg using all the same tech that the Cayenne used. It's their payment for subsidizing the Cayenne, which went on to be Porsche's best selling car, successfully saving the company from closing it's doors. The down side is that the VW lowers the value of the Cayenne and directly competes with it, undercutting it in price, hurting it's sales and resale value -- the result is that we have super cheap used Cayenne's and Touareg's for sale, which is good if you're broke, a student or want a cheap car to take skiing. Amazingly, despite internal competition, the Cayenne was still Porsche's best seller. The other upshot is that the Touareg is identical to the Porsche, which is why it drove so great. The v8's in the Touareg and Porsche are different, but I am pretty sure this was by VW's choice, not because they were forced by Porsche. The v6 in both cars is identical.

@psixakias2678

7 жыл бұрын

Robert Wilson III hahahhahahah I just saw it to all my colleagues here in VW group and to Porshe guys..... Like we are in different buildings or fatal enemies and we had the laugh of.our time!!!! Hahahhahahah porshe gave it to VW but VW was desperate to give something by to PORSHE ETC.... HAHAAHHAHA who the hell are u talking about??? Middle Earth issues u must have man!!!

my 2004 BMW X5 has 270,000KM and I don't have any fading buttons. ya some on the plastic trim pieces where your hands touch every day but it's a 12 year old car that has been driven lots and still not nearly as bad

@JustRollstuhlThings

7 жыл бұрын

I agree. i don't know how they manage to do that. it is the same in almost every review. i drive a VW Passat 3C with almost 300.000 KM and it looks almost as good as new on the inside

My friends mom has one of these and he said that the gear-shift keeps on getting stuck

The previous owner probably had an extreme case of sweaty palms

oh yeah, thats probably it, thanks! :)

sms dude :D nice vid hehe

I think the bars in the trunk are for the roof racks cross bars:/

I now start to understand why the Touareg is 50% cheaper than it is in Germany. It's simply lower quality. I haven't seen any of these faults on the European spec...

@gustavogradilla354

5 жыл бұрын

Touareg and tiguan are both build on Germany

@gustavogradilla354

5 жыл бұрын

I'm meaning to say they're only build over at Germany , not Mexico or Brasil

Is the transmission automatic or manual ?

oh and what i hate about audi/VW is that its plastic gauge cover has that blue-orange tint on it. it really doesnt look good when the suns on it, or a drop of water gets on it.

that is a serious dissapointment on the interior being such crappy quality, but it looks like an amazing car! my 04 fx has no wear what so ever in the interior except for a bit of creasing on the seats and it has 125kilometers.

@xoquixxoqafxo how's your Homda Fit doing

should i trade my CX-7 in this car?

lol I've seen a bunch of VW's and Audi's from the early 2000's with peeling buttons like that, common issue.

Because you would know from a video recording..

Audi is vw what lincoln is to ford and cadillac to chevy. Its an upscale version.

I disagree, a 2004 car should not show this type of ware. Our 2004 Odyssey didn't after 108,000 miles, neither our 96 Civic w/90k nor our 89 Accord with 200k. Our 1999 Sienna has everything wrong with it right now (misfires, transmission failed and blew up in smoke) but hey the buttons are still painted and aren't worn, even after 182K lol.

the new one is much nicer

That's a disappointment about the buttons.

Fajny

This car isn't so old for having such a bad looking buttons

WTF is wrong with this buttons i never so in any other Touareg something like this. it looks like someone did this on purpose ;/ Sorry for my English

These are not worth the priced they charged when new.. Just look at those buttons, 2-3 would of been OK but almost all of them scratched out?? I've seen 20 year old cars with interiors holding up much more nicely.

Not necessarily. Many other brands have soft touch interiors but VW/Audi have always used buttons that wear out for no reason at all. All the care in the world won't stop that, it just reacts to human sweat and oils poorly. I've seen shitty Japanese cars that don't do that.

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get your facts together VW is the mother company of audi so it means any vw its basically an audi with a shitter interior

@gustavogradilla354

5 жыл бұрын

Audi and Porsche, ,, Vw it's their parent

@DMCarReviews

4 жыл бұрын

The new Touareg is nicer than the Audi Q8 inside, so your statement isn't true.

wow the steering wheel looks like its covered in shit. a 1990 toyota pickup with 130k had buttons that still have its finish on it. even the 93 mercury villager with 260k had buttons with its color still left. people shold worry about the quality of new cars after like 5 years. and to people who say the corolla is shit for the interior, think about how its going to look in 8 years compared to this VW in 10 years lol

its a gasoline engine, comes straight from Audi

Damn that interior looks like hell, peeling and chipping everywhere...almost as bad as an "Old GM" chevy. I do like the new VW interiors, seems to be much better quality, hope they hold up. Unlikely to see this poor quality on a used Japanese car.

3:05 to 3 :25 Thats GERMAN "QUALITY" lol.

FIRST!

I cant believe the buttons look like that. That is awful. I have had older cars that don't even do that. Bad quality.

Volkswagen quality. *cough*

@xoquixixxoqafxo it's 310 hp and

no volkswagon makes audi. so the engines come from volkswagon. audi uses volkswagon engines. and its 310hp i have one..

Annoying intro...

Wait, a VW Golf with a V8?! I don't think this is ein europ, just in US O.ô

@AmzeFX

9 жыл бұрын

That's a Touareg idiot.

@blubb7711

9 жыл бұрын

Wreck Spratt Its pretty much the same as a Golf ;) Just a bit bigger

@E34Benzin

6 жыл бұрын

You're pretty much the same as a fucking idiot. ;)

@gustavogradilla354

5 жыл бұрын

@@E34Benzin just was going to say the same about it lol

Please don't buy a Touareg unless you have $$$ to blow. Stay away from those.

@gustavogradilla354

5 жыл бұрын

Aicha Mahonte ' best suv I ever had ,4x4 , powerful and handles nicely, buying me another one pretty soon

@kevinbeck6419

5 жыл бұрын

Good car

@simonesik2679

5 жыл бұрын

Aicha Mahonte i own 4. I love them!!

What's disappointing is doing a review on a vehicle that you know very little about. Stick to GM's, Fords, ect in other words cheaper cars.

extremely unreliable.

Liar!

pig car.