I bought one and so did a friend of mine and a business associate. All three of us have had enormous amount of problems. The consensus is that the Touareg is a problem car. Mine has been in the shop for 14 consecutive days getting a new transmission. (24,400 miles). My friend had his in the shop with two pages of items to be fixed. (3500 miles) My business associate is trading his in after 8500 miles. If you are making the income to afford the Touareg, trust me, you can't afford the time it takes trying to get the vehicle to operate properly. I'm so disgusted that the dealer will not take it back (I have to hire an attorney to file a lemon law claim in which I have 2 of the 3 necessary situations--you only need 1)
If you are thinking of buying one of these, I know they look hot but they are not.