VWs popular SUV, the Touareg has just got injected with BlueMotion technology. The Touareg BlueMotion is fitted with a more efficient version of the standard cars 3.0-litre V6 TDI common rail diesel engine, which develops 225 PS and 550 Nm of torque, and drives through a six-speed automatic Tiptronic gearbox. As with all models in the Volkswagen range wearing the BlueMotion badge, a number of modifications have been made to improve its efficiency. Changes include revised aerodynamics, an optimised engine fitted with a more efficient alternator, low-rolling resistance tyres and a ride height lowered by 25 mm to reduce drag.
The Touareg BlueMotion also features a regenerative braking system that is used to charge the battery while the vehicle is in motion, reducing the workload of the engine and cutting fuel consumption further. All of these revisions help the Touareg BlueMotion to achieve 34.0 mpg on the combined cycle (measurably better than the normal Touaregs 30.4 mpg), and CO2 emissions are cut to just 219 g/km, down from 244 g/km, making it one of the only non-hybrid vehicles in its class to drop below the 225 g/km barrier. Despite these modifications and significant gains in efficiency, the Touareg BlueMotion is no slouch, doing the dash to hundred kilometres per hour from standstill in 8.5 seconds before thundering away to a top speed of 201 km/h.
And do you know why the German companies talk Blue about their eco-conservancy when the rest of the world thinks green Well the Teutons have always associated clean with blue and so this is their way to get back at the others who thought they didnt have a sense of humour or a way with words. Or colour for that matter!