The Touareg is not Volkswagen's first sport utility vehicle. That title belongs to a quirky one-off called the Golf Country that was made in Austria in 1990 and 1991.
But the Touareg is certainly Volkswagen's most famous SUV. It was launched in 2002 and is now in its third generation.
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