Volkswagen hasn’t offered the Touareg in the US since 2017. The automaker changed it with the extra mainstream and inexpensive Atlas, which stays VW’s prime SUV in America. The corporate has offered the Touareg elsewhere since then, however a brand new report alleges Volkswagen will discontinue manufacturing in 2026, 24 years after the mannequin’s launch.

The allegation comes from “insiders” who spoke with Autocar. In accordance with the publication, Volkswagen doesn’t have a direct successor deliberate for the Touareg, alleging the corporate will as an alternative give attention to constructing a portfolio of inexpensive fashions for cost-conscious customers.

Motor1 reached out to Volkswagen to substantiate the report. We’ll replace the story if we hear again. 

Touareg manufacturing started in 2002 for the 2003 mannequin 12 months, the results of a collaboration between VW, Porsche, and Audi that additionally spawned the Cayenne and Q7. Volkswagen designed the Touareg, together with the Phaeton on the time, to be a premium product that elevated the model into the posh house. The Phaeton did not final lengthy within the American market, however the Touareg caught round till the mid-2010s, albeit with dwindling gross sales.

Volkswagen is not abandoning consumers in Europe who need one thing huge. The corporate launched the Tayron final October, which is on the market in two- and three-row configurations and is said to the Tiguan on sale in America.

The Touareg’s demise, if true, is the top of the period for the model. The SUV was a daring product that featured a variety of powertrains, together with a V-10 diesel that even People acquired to take pleasure in. However all that seems to be simply historical past for the model because the SUV allegedly fades into the sundown.