2024 VW Touareg facelift review: a real BMW X5 rival?

Welcome to my in-depth review of the VW Touareg. I lived with a pre-facelift car for 6 months back in 2020 and had some reservations about the way it drove – join me as I explain how Volkswagen's fixed the problems and turned the Touareg into the luxury SUV it should always have been. See the interior, back seat and boot space and find out which is the best engine.

00:00 My old Touareg
01:22 How much does it cost
01:48 Depreciation
02:25 Size and chassis tech
03:11 What's the best Touareg engine?
04:00 19,000 LEDs!
04:36 Boot space and towing capacity
06:09 Rear seat space
06:59 Interior and infotainment tech
09:13 How does it drive?
13:48 Conclusion

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[GavinMcAuley]

Enjoyed your review. I have the 2022 Elegance. I bought it new. I love it . I am even now eyeing up the 2024 R line. This car is amazing. I love how it's understated . You won't find Drug Dealers buying it . The lack of badge appeal that is mentioned is more than made up for my the sheer quality of the vehicle . Let's face it VW is not a bad badge to have neither. Keep your X5 and your Range Rovers etc. For me the Toureg is a dream car. I have no car envy for other more 'premium' brands.

[TheRealYorkshireman]

I am most grateful for your clarification on the festive Toblerone insertion point upon your person.

[LewieMac]

Finally a car review channel with depreciation honesty 💯 👌🏼. Got yourself a new subscriber ☺️

[SirRounded]

I really like the look of these! Don’t want to contribute to the overabundance of big cars on our roads though, so it’s a mk7.5 golf gti for me 😅

[binflydushy]

I really love the integration of the huge screen. VW is the only brand that i know that does it like that👍

[CarsofGlasgow]

great review, I never knew the facelift was out

[uosuv]

Really enjoy your review mate, just like a good friend chatting with me about what it really feels like to live with the car

[Kadoom]

In my country you can get this with pretty good options 35k euros cheaper than base X5 or GLE so i think it s the best value by far right now .

[AhmedKM]

I own this car petrol engine version and being an ex owner of cayenne and GLE 3 yrs each I can confidently say this is a much better car all rounded for me… it’s v spacious compared to both, infotainment system remarkable compared to both, driveability amazing and not less than them for sure in anyway.. price wise, where I am cayenne, Q7 or GLE are at least 25k euros more expensive! Anyone in the market for luxury SUV I highly recommend checking it out.. best of luck🙏

[jonnykosschuk]

Like you've said Tim, I really don't think this makes sense as a factory purchase! 70k for a VW when you can get an Audi is mental. I think it looks great but it definitely has the same problem as the areteon. Just too expensive brand new! Oh and excellent review 😊

[sjh]

No spare wheel kills it for mine in Australia, so either carry one in the boot or use a roof bar and box arrangement. Would be so useful if reviewers took this into consideration and showed what boot space you would have if you carried a full size spare in the boot.

[maaasaa]

New black edition arrived in November and can honestly report that this is a lovely car to drive, with the exception of the nonsense EU legislated lane and speed warnings combined with the ‘all on the screen’ controls. It’s a setback to the UE that VW could so easily avoid and for not a lot more cost in reality. Price is negotiable and yes depreciation is high, just as it is with Audi and BMW. That’s an issue caused by the advent of PCP 15 years ago- all new vehicle pricing is artificially inflated because there are so few actual ‘buyers’ in the market, except YT maybe ;-). Everyone rents these things and with low cost PCP deals users believes that they are driving a bargain. Best MPG on a run with the 280 bhp v6 diesel has been 43 mpg (200+mile trip), but normal touring is 38. That is not at all bad and significantly better than the utterly forgettable GLE 350 de which had to go after only a few months of inefficient purgatory. Mercedes, never again will this writer trust you. The lights are great, with a highlight panel on the motorway to provide even clearer sight.

[alicebailey]

Genuinely made me laugh a good few times in this video! Your Swiss and German cultural references show a man of much intellect!

[davidhayes]

Good video as always. I am never really sure why journalists comment on the width of such vehicles being a problem on country lanes. We rely on full size vans to hustle down all sorts of lanes. Sure they get bashed but that is more down to bad reversing than anything else.

[lupislune]

It would be nice if they had standard climate control buttons in lieu of buttons for the traction or ride height control.

[Swiss.]

The interior is nice but I wish VW would have spent more time making this facelifted version feel a bit more special inside. Apart from some updates to the infotainment system its virtually identical to the pre-facelift model inside, although I still prefer the interior of the Touareg to the Audi Q7; that car has way too much gloss black plastic and doesn't feel any more "premium" to me than the Touareg. Also great review as usual.

[openmindedbloke]

Is it the same chsssis/floorpan as Q7 etc? Nicely understated. Enjoy your humour with these vids. Excellent. Thank you.

[DallasSDogger]

I have the 2023 model, down from a Cayenne. no issues!

[mrtsoo]

Add in the off road capability it has and you really get a best allround family car.

[larsassinck]

Biguan, I love it, they should have called the tiguan allspace a biguan