Originally Posted by jamie@vwvortex

So after VW's horrid Touareg Gold Edition we're happy to report that they have redeemed themselves completely with this bad ass road version of their Touareg 3 Dakar truck. VW says this truck is "legally approved for road use" but the question is where? The 78 inch wide vehicle is massive sporting 18-inch BBS Gold wheels, a roof scoop big enough to swallow Oprah and her New Beetles along with plenty of other wings, mud flaps, holes, honeycomb and more. It is powered by the same 300hp/440 lb-ft. of torque inline-5 TDI found in the race vehicle. The interior is surrounded in carbon fiber with aircraft inspired bits and pieces everywhere.

What else can we say? We want one. Bad.

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