There is a picture at http://www.fastforward.ca/gallery of a Touareg in some
sand at the 2003 Karenz Syncro Treffen.  Some VW Wolfsburg employees brought
on to go head to head with the Syncro - street tires included.  The Syncros
did out perform the Touareg, but 90% of the Syncros there arn't stock and
the Touareg was.  The Touareg did and completed every trial that the Syncros
did.  I'd love to see a Touareg with some All Terrain tires and a slight
suspension lift go against a Syncro... I'd own one of I could afford the
60.000 Canadian to buy one - besides, you can't sleep in it very
comfortably.

David Marshall

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Jonathan Farrugia
Sent: June 3, 2004 10:42 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Syncro vs Touareg test?

it popped up on the list a while back, there were pictures of the touareg
getting stuck in the sand pit during a syncro get together in germany.
you could try searching the archives or some one might know the link.

jonathan

On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Shawn Wright wrote:

> I've seen mention in several places of a German test which pits the Syncro
> Vanagon against the Touareg, but I can't find any details. Has anyone come
> across this?
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