Golf R v VW Touarag MPG - what to get next

[bsingleton]

I have a golf R mk 7 that’s going back to the leasing company early March. I’m thinking of buying a Touarag 65plate. My question is do you think the Touarag will be a lot thirstie on fuel, motorway, around town and country B roads? Appreciate driving style will be different in the Touarag but need to be sure it won’t be a nightmare in comparison? SQ5 was an option but too high mileage on 20k budget.

[Rawwr]

I suspect it'll have a lot to do with which engine is in it.

[treeroy]

The most economical touareg, V6 diesel, is quoted as getting 42mpg. The least, the V8 petrol, gets 31. VW claims the Golf R gets 41mpg. So should be similar or worse than the Golf R.

[bsingleton]

It’s the V6 diesel, surely in the real world local driving or holiday road trip will see the big 4x4 much worse off than the golf?

[Big GT]

Expect late 20's / early 30's in a Touareg V6 tdi.
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[WF36]

Big GT said:

Expect late 20's / early 30's in a Touareg V6 tdi.
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Sounds about right.

[TimmyMallett]

treeroy said:

The most economical touareg, V6 diesel, is quoted as getting 42mpg. The least, the V8 petrol, gets 31. VW claims the Golf R gets 41mpg. So should be similar or worse than the Golf R.

VW say a lot of things and 41mpg on an R is only possible on a flat road at 50mph in eco mode coasting.

On a downhill.

With a push.

On the back of a lorry.

[anonymous-user]

bsingleton said:

I have a golf R mk 7 that’s going back to the leasing company early March. I’m thinking of buying a Touarag 65plate. My question is do you think the Touarag will be a lot thirstie on fuel, motorway, around town and country B roads? Appreciate driving style will be different in the Touarag but need to be sure it won’t be a nightmare in comparison? SQ5 was an option but too high mileage on 20k budget.

I've owned both. My Golf R long term MPG was about 28mpg. I'd see 32mpg on a run, in eco mode, but that never lasted long as it was so boring.

My wife currently has the Touareg 3.0V6 (262PS) to ferry the kids about. She does a lot of short journeys, her long term average is about 24mpg. With the standard fuel tank it takes about £100 to fill it and she'll get about 380-420 miles to a tank.

If you're concerned about MPG, stay away from the Touareg. At the end of the day it's a 2+ tonne vehicle, with permanent 4WD, automatic box (not DSG) running around on wide tyres. It's never going to be economical.

[treeroy]

TimmyMallett said:

VW say a lot of things and 41mpg on an R is only possible on a flat road at 50mph in eco mode coasting.

On a downhill.

With a push.

On the back of a lorry.

my point was that VW claims the same economy for both, so real world is probably similar too.

[unseen]

Big GT said:

Expect late 20's / early 30's in a Touareg V6 tdi.
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That's what I get in mine

[bsingleton]

Thanks for the replies on this. I get late 30’s in the R on a motorway run 150+ miles. About 30mpg average with mixed driving. Seems the Touarag will get a lot less based on feedback...

[Pistonheader101]

Funnily enough ive narrowed my car search down to the same cars.

Particularly like the way the touareg r-line looks.

[clockworks]

I've had my 2015 Touareg R-line 3 litre diesel for 3 months now. On short journeys, such as my 5 mile drive to work, I get an indicated 32mpg. On my regular trips to Plymouth from Penzance (75 miles) I get an indicated 40mpg. The return journey shows 36mpg, which I put down to the way the hills run, plus getting out of Plymouth with a cold engine.

Over a full tank I'm getting between 34 and 36mpg indicated.

Checking consumption brim to brim shows the OBC to be about 6% optimistic, so a real average of around 33 mpg over 2.5k miles. Not bad for such a big and heavy car.

[Chris Stott]

I got my 2017 R Line Plus in November (262bhp). 5k miles in, mostly my wife driving, it's averaging 29mpg (a good mix of motorway/town).

It will crack 30 on a run, but only if you're at c.70mph.

Brilliant car. Big, comfy, quiet and surprisingly quick.

[anonymous-user]

20000 miles
123.5p per litre (Diesel)
30 MPG

£3742.95 p.a.

20000
120.9p per litre (Petrol, not super)
36 MPG

£3053.46 p.a.

Thinking about spending £20k on a fast depreciating car, but worried about an extra £700 p.a. if you drive 20k miles? Appx £60 p.m.

[ayman82]

TimmyMallett said:

VW say a lot of things and 41mpg on an R is only possible on a flat road at 50mph in eco mode coasting.

On a downhill.

With a push.

On the back of a lorry.

The Golf can do 41. Had it in 'mine' on a few occasions.

[bsingleton]

Fair point Lord.Vador. Seems overall the T will cost more to run in real world driving. Thanks all.

[rufmeister]

Funny, I too am coming from a Golf R and fancy a 2015ish Touareg.

Had a 2005 one several years ago and enjoyed that.

Did the OP get one?

[Chris Stott]

10k in 5 months, and our Touareg is averaging 28.9 mpg.

To get over 30, you’d need to drive it on motorways 90% of the time and only do 70 downhill with coasting on.

Having said that, it’s a brilliant car. Absolutely love it.