VW teams with North Sails to create Touareg North Sails design study
07/21/2008, 1:30 PM
By Drew Johnson
Although Volkswagen isn’t exactly synonymous with sailing, the German automaker has teamed with North Sails – the world’s leading maker of sails – to create the Touareg North Sails design study. The Touareg concept will be unveiled at the Travemünder Woche sailing race in Germany.
Based on the current Touareg SUV, the North Sails treatment gives the SUV plenty of nautical styling cues. The exterior of the Touareg has been spruced up with 19 inch wheels, new fog lights and special blue reflectors.
On the inside, the nautical theme continues with teak wood flooring, LED lighting and white Nappa leather seats finished with aquamarine stitching. A set of binoculars, compass and plenty of North Sails badging rounds out the package.
And just in case the path becomes a little too narrow for the Touareg, a North Sails bicycle is stowed aboard.
07/21, 1:33 PM
posted by:
TomF
Teak wood flooring? That’ll hold up about as well as the VW electrical system. Jeez.
07/21, 1:38 PM
posted by:
xyunya
Why? **** floats anyway.
07/21, 2:14 PM
posted by:
macabre
Oh, you Caucasians and your silly toys….
07/21, 2:23 PM
posted by:
snoboardguy21
Are you kidding? Those Teak floors have to be one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. The little blue rope lights, not so much.
07/21, 2:38 PM
posted by:
howsmydriving
More B.S. from a B.S. company with B.S. products.
07/21, 2:39 PM
posted by:
livelyjay
Way to make a heavy, bloated VW even heavier and more bloated.
07/21, 3:08 PM
posted by:
beatusmongous
Well, at least they are thinking outside of the box. I like the styling myself, although it does appear quite “preppy”. I’m sure we’ll be seeing a lot of Ivy League College boys getting out of these things with their sweaters over their shoulders. My only put off is the green tint on the windows. But I, too, like the wood floors.
07/21, 3:16 PM
posted by:
xyunya
beatusmongous, I imagine preppy boys are not VW segment, I believe it is more of Porsche crowd.
07/21, 3:25 PM
posted by:
krautninja
i dunno xyunya, plenty of the “cookie cutter” ivy league snobs are in porsches but there are good and plenty that drive VWs and Volvos
07/21, 3:40 PM
posted by:
RaineMan
Hey… I’ve got an idea… why not make it look exactly like the Cayenne? They’re the same thing after all.
07/21, 3:44 PM
posted by:
A4
its a nice clean and classy design, get over it
07/21, 5:23 PM
posted by:
DeansterTJ
Wow, that’s a hell of a concept. Kudos to all of them, what an amazing effort.
07/22, 1:55 AM
posted by:
maxcar
adding ground effects definitely improved the proportions of the vehicle by raising the beltline. Looks less top heavy now. not so sure about the stripes. i’d use the binoculars quite often, though. particularly driving by the beach.