The ABT VW Touareg TDI Is Tuned to Nearly 500bhp And 1000Nm
German tuning house ABT has set about the third-generation VW Touareg, making it more powerful and torquier, plus of course a bit less subtle.
The company has developed a new ECU for the V8 TDI. This ABT engine control (AEC) unit bumps power from 416bhp to 493bhp, with torque gains from 664lb ft to a Muscle Beach-ready 715lb ft – that’s 970Nm in new money.
This upgrade is supplied with or without visual upgrades. The Touareg in the pictures wears this season’s must-have ABT FR 22-inch wheelset in Mystic Black, though there are several other designs available. There’s a configurator to play with, if you’ve got a few minutes.
ABT is also offering a boost to the much more common V6 TDI fitted to the Touareg. The new ECU takes power from a healthy 282bhp to 325bhp, while its bicep expands from 443lb ft to 479lb ft. The modifications are available now, and you can rest assured that all upgrades come with some kind of warranty.
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That’s pretty cool, they should add ABT tuning as a manufacturer option.
I think in switzerland you can get that on some VW cars. For example the last swiss Octavia vRS had 290hp as a petrol or 210 as a Diesel
It’s that powerful AND it looks that good? Damn I gotta get me one of these.
Why doesn’t Volkswagen sell the V8 TDI version of the Touareg in the UK?
Because only an extremely low percentage of buyers actually go for the most powerful engine, especially in the UK and France where fuel and insurance are pretty expensive.
WANT. BADLY
More proof that the Factory is very liberal with it’s de-tuning applications to appease Gov’t Regulators, the Eco-Mentalists, and the EU. Here in Yankee-Land, some drive deleted diesels with ECU tunes: STONKING good show mates. Brilliant in their delivery torques/miles of smiles. Cheshire Cat smiles I will add