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Forget Clarkson and the Disco...this Touareg's in Guinness!

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A Volkswagen Touareg has entered the Guinness Book of Records after attaining the highest altitude ever reached by a car.

The 3.2-litre V6 Touareg shrugged off its soft-roader tag to reach 6,080 metres during an expedition to Chile's Ojos del Salado, the world's highest volcano.

The vehicle used was a Touareg Expedition, a special winch-equipped model not currently available in the UK. It was driven by former Europa Truck Trial champion Ronald Bormann, whose team needed extra oxygen as they battled altitude sickness above a height of 5,000 feet.
 
Possibly but more important :thumbsup: to VW on this one.
 
Kip_6666 said:
why the v6 version? That I don't totaly understand. The wieght?
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Possibly because of the technology. No turbos to suffer from rarified air, and diesel can be of very bad quality in some places. (of course they could have taken the fuel with them).
 
I think the V8 would require more air than the V6, I'm sure the 6 is happy at that altittude. :)
 
Wait. I thought that Turbos do better then NA vehicles ... especially since you compress the rarified air...

*confused*

I know that TDi engined cars do great in smog areas as the needed air for combustion can be "pumped-in", versus the caughing NAs. Mexico city is the example I have in mind.

Hmmm...

PS I like the Touareg ... and would love to see the "no-frills" 2.5 TDi sold here in Canuck-land. I can wait for the 2006 diesel update ... darn sulphur! I'd run B10 in Montreal anyway.
 
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Dr. Woo said:
...whose team needed extra oxygen as they battled altitude sickness above a height of 5,000 feet.
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Are you sure about the oxygen needed above five thousand feet ? Do you mean 5,000 meters above sea level ? 'Cause 5,000 feet is not high ... I could spend days at that altitude without problems ... Just two weeks ago, I spent 75 minutes at 12,200 feet waiting for the go from the ground for a demo jump.

In meters that's another story ( times 3.3 for those who don't know the conversion BTW ;) )
As a comparison, airplanes used for skydiving are required to have O2 for every passenger onboard if the jump is higher than 15,000 feet above sea level (roughly 4500 meters). On most turbine airplane dropzones, jumps are normally at an altitude of 13,500 feet for a 60 sec. freefall and a parachute opening around 3,000 feet.
 
petergun said:
Wait. I thought that Turbos do better then NA vehicles ... especially since you compress the rarified air...

*confused*

I know that TDi engined cars do great in smog areas as the needed air for combustion can be "pumped-in", versus the caughing NAs. Mexico city is the example I have in mind.

Hmmm...

PS I like the Touareg ... and would love to see the "no-frills" 2.5 TDi sold here in Canuck-land. I can wait for the 2006 diesel update ... darn sulphur! I'd run B10 in Montreal anyway.
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I guess you're right. Did some googling and I found some texts corroborating your point. sorry. :oops:
 
wow... Props for VW... tbh... I really liked the tourag... glad to see they achieved something... I think a Porsche Cayenne would have done better though
 
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Roman said:
Dr. Woo said:
...whose team needed extra oxygen as they battled altitude sickness above a height of 5,000 feet.
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Are you sure about the oxygen needed above five thousand feet ? Do you mean 5,000 meters above sea level ? 'Cause 5,000 feet is not high ... I could spend days at that altitude without problems ... Just two weeks ago, I spent 75 minutes at 12,200 feet waiting for the go from the ground for a demo jump.

In meters that's another story ( times 3.3 for those who don't know the conversion BTW ;) )
As a comparison, airplanes used for skydiving are required to have O2 for every passenger onboard if the jump is higher than 15,000 feet above sea level (roughly 4500 meters). On most turbine airplane dropzones, jumps are normally at an altitude of 13,500 feet for a 60 sec. freefall and a parachute opening around 3,000 feet.
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Well...call Top Gear. This is verbatim!
 
Daniel said:
:shock: Thats awesome! Do you guys think we could get our hands on a video clip?
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We might hear about it next season...like I said, this is from Top Gear's website.

But maybe it'll be too old for the next season.
 
na... I think JC would bring this up and say
"THis is ridiculous... I could have done that in the discovery as well... except that there are no mountains high enough to do it"
 
andyhui01 said:
na... I think JC would bring this up and say
"THis is ridiculous... I could have done that in the discovery as well... except that there are no mountains high enough to do it"
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lmao, typical :lol:
 
I would still prefer the V6 one.... and this article proved that the V6 model can do offroading as well :D ... no need for the V10 Tdi now
 
andyhui01 said:
wow... Props for VW... tbh... I really liked the tourag... glad to see they achieved something... I think a Porsche Cayenne would have done better though
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Newsflash: the Touareg and Cayenne share the same basic chassis so I doubt it would any 'better' :mrgreen:

That said, I reckon my 1990 VW 4x4 bus could do the same thing....I bet lots of cars could get up there. This 'record' is probably just due to the fact that no-one ever thought of driving a car up there :lol:
 
snars said:
I bet lots of cars could get up there. This 'record' is probably just due to the fact that no-one ever thought of driving a car up there :lol:
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That's exactly what I thought when I read this.

About the whole oxygen issue, I know for fact that at Everest, mountain climbers require oxygen as soon as they reach the 26,000 foot mark (8,000m). The mountain has been climbed without oxygen, but you have to be in seriously good shape to survive above the 26,000 foot mark.

Maybe these climbers are just wimps. They did drive a car up the mountain after all. :p :lol:
 
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