2014 VW Touareg

The 2014 VW Touareg is a nice big car and I'm starting to like it. It's bigger than the VW Routan but smaller than the VW Tiguan.
It's a heavy car with a curb side weight of 4711lbs.  And yet it drives like a Sports Car going from 0 to 60 mph in just 6.8 seconds!
The 3.6L 24 valve V6 Touareg gets 17mpg in the city and 23mpg on the highway, pretty impressive!
And the best part is the price. The V6 starts around $44K and fully loaded Executive Trim is about $57K.
And it looks nice too. Here are some pictures.

It looks a little-bit like the Audi Q7 because it is made on the same platform as the Q7 and the Porsche Cayenne: the VW group PL71 Platform. It is made in Bratislava, Slovakia.
It competes with luxury SUVs like the BMW X5 and the Mercedes GL class, but I think it is better.
Overall I think the Touareg is a very good SUV!

2014 Audi A2

The Audi A2 is coming back!

I'm really excited that the Audi A2 is coming next year. It will be a small car in between the Audi A1 and the A3 in size, about the same size as the Volkswagen Golf (because it will be built on the same MQB Platform that VW uses to make the Golf). It will compete with the Mercedes B-Class and the BMW 1 Series GT.

Audi used to make the A2 in the year 2000, and it had an all Aluminum body and it was very light (895kg) and fuel efficient (95mpg). The new A2 is also expected to be light and efficient.  It will have 1.4 and 1.8 Liter TFSI Turbo Petrol Engine and also Diesel Options of 1.6 and 2.0TDI. But I'm really excited about the A2 Electric Engine. It will be made at the Audi Factory in Neckarsulm near Stuttgart, Germany.

The folks at autoexpress (http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/audi/a2/59593/audi-a2-way) made some pictures of what the 2014 A2 will look like. It looks beautiful!

The A2 looks like an exciting small, fast and fuel efficient car and I can't wait to drive it!!