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VW hooked up with the world’s leading sail maker, North Sails, to help design this special edition Touareg whose aim was to reduce consumption at no expense of performance.

The VW Touareg North Sails special edition touts a 9 percent increase in fuel economy. This is accomplished by apparently doing some tweaking of the transmission to axle transfer points. Still, getting the colossal Touareg to come in under 10 liter/100 km for the diesel version is an impressive accomplishment (VW claims 9.2 l for the 2.5 TDI 6-speed manual and 9.3 l/100 km for the V6 TDI automatic).

Gallery: VW Touareg North Sails special edition

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