Wheels, wheels and tires for Volkswagen Touareg: size and parameters

Tires, rims on the Volkswagen Touareg

Volkswagen Touareg is a medium-sized crossover that has been produced since 2002. To date, the production of the car is sold in Kaluga and Bratislava. For Volkswagen, this car is the third SUV in its history.

What sizes of tires and disks for Volkswagen Touareg does KOLOBOX recommend?

If you remember the modification and year of manufacture of your car, referring to the table below you will easily find the right size of car tires and disks. The data in the table are arranged on the basis of these factors.

Volkswagen Touareg has been produced since 2002. The car has three modifications. The Touareg, which is produced since 2018, is equipped with tires with a diameter of 18 to 21 inches, a width of 235 to 285 mm and a profile of 65 to 40%.

Choosing winter tires for the Volkswagen Touareg car

Owners of this car have the following views on tires for the Touareg:

• Nokian hakkapeliitta 7 suv. Among the pluses is the good quality studs, he serves long enough, fly out gradually. Of the minuses include difficult balancing and runout when reaching speeds of 100-130 km / h.
• Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 2 have an affordable price, do not create noise while driving and show good performance while driving on asphalt. On ice, however, these tires are not as reliable due to the lack of studs.
• Goodyear UltraGrip Ice Arctic SUV have high test results and affordable price. They are produced in Germany. Among the disadvantages, some owners noted the rapid departure of studs.

Several variants of tires for the cold season:

Choice of summer tires for Volkswagen Touareg

When selecting automobile tires for the warm season it is worth directing your attention not only to the appropriate size, but also to the marking. Drivers are not required to know all the subtleties and definitions, but you can read a little summary below:

• If the tire size is 255/55R19 or 255/55R19, the markings should include the 111V load and speed indices.
• If the size is 255/60R18 or 285/45R20, 112V.
• If 285/40ZR21, then 109Y.

Tire options for warm seasons:

Choosing rims for Volkswagen Touareg

Disks of this car have the following parameters:

• Diameter ranges from 18 to 21 inches.
• Width ranges from 8 to 9.5 inches.
• Ethyl, which is indicated by ET, from 25 to 31 mm.
• Bolt pattern is 5×112.
• The diameter of the center hole is 66.6 mm.

What pressure should be maintained in the tires of a Volkswagen Touareg?

The recommended pressure in car tires depends on many factors, among them:

• The year of manufacture and modification of the car.
• Wheel size.
• Climatic conditions.
• Occupancy of the car.

Based on these data, the manufacturer compiles a table with recommendations for tire pressure. It is placed on the body of the car, near the driver’s seat.

How the size of tires and disks affects the characteristics of the car?

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Volkswagen Touareg: rims, tires and a tricky dock

Volkswagen is positioning its flagship, the Touareg, as a car of the premium segment. Hence the approach: wheels and tires are initially put light-alloy luxury (steel stamped are not offered at all) in standard configurations, and those who wish are offered additional options for a surcharge, so that the future owner does not have to pick up wheels on the side.

Accordingly, the size and radius varies in a wide range, the original disks from 8Jx18 inches to 9.5Jx21 inches, and tires go from 235/65R18 to 285/40R21. And Volkswagen emphasizes that all cars with conveyor are completed with summer rubber, winter tires will be the owner’s concern.

Regular disks and tires

For each set and a separate style in it (so the Germans called the versions of car design within the set) provides its standard wheel rims and a range of alternatives, but not for all configurations a complete list is available.

Parameters of disks :

Boltage (bore) for the Tuareg – 5×112, where 5 – the number of holes in the disk for wheel bolts or studs; 112 – diameter of the circumference (mm), on which they are located. The previous two generations of the Tuareg had a diameter of 130 mm, and the youngest was unified in this parameter with the Atlas/Theramont and a number of Audi models.

Total WAG uses 3 variants, depending on the weight and size of the car, 100, 112 and 130 mm, except for pickups and light vans (Amarok, Transporter), there is 120 mm.

Respect equipment.

The basic version of Touareg is equipped with 8Jx18 “Cascade” rims, along with 235/65R18 tires. As optional equipment are available:

• “Osorno” 8Jx19, and 255/55R19 tires;
• “Tirano” 8.5Jx19, and 255/55R19 tires.

Package Business, Atmosphere and Elegance styles

They are offered as standard, respectively:

• “Cordova” 8Jx18 wheels and 255/60R18 tires, for the former;
• disks “Concordia” 8Jx18 and 255/60R18 tires, for the second.

And only for these subcompacts the whole range of original disks is available as an option. For the older variants, rims from the entry-level kits are not officially available.

All available options are:

• “Osorno” 8Jx19 and 255/55R19 tires;
• “Tirano” 8.5Jx19 and 255/55R19 tires;
• “Esperance” 8.5Jx19 and 255/55R19 tires;
• “Sebring” 8.5Jx19, Volkswagen R and 255/55R19 tires;
• “Montero” 9Jx20 and 285/45R20 tires;
• “Nevada” 9Jx20, Volkswagen R and 285/45R20 tires;
• “Braga” 9Jx20, polished and 285/45R20 tires, in dark graphite (dark gray) or black;
• “Suzuka” 9.5Jx21, polished and 285/40R21 tires, in dark graphite (dark gray) or black.

Equipment Business, style R-line

Standard for it will be “Sebring” 8.5Jx19, in low versions available only for extra charge. And optionally you can order Nevada, Braga and Suzuka disks, the latter in two color variants.

Exclusive, Atmosphere and Elegance styles

Here the standard disks will be “Osorno” 8Jx19 with 255/55R19 tires, and alternatively all but the entry-level disks are available:

Exclusive, R-line Black Style

This is the maximum of the complete set, the basic for it will be “Nevada” 9Jx20, together with tires 285/45R20, and as options can choose Braga rims, and these at no extra charge, and Suzuki.

This is where the car’s premium appeal can go sideways. According to the owners’ feedback, if you do not live in a large city, the search for the right tires of large sizes sometimes takes a long time. Thus, in one of the RF regional centers, the search for winter studded tires for the 285/45R20 size in the stores was only one model, namely Pirelli Ice Zero, and the rest have to be ordered in advance.

In Moscow and St. Petersburg the situation is better, but still you have to surf the Internet to choose the right tire with the desired properties, and the prices are biting. For example, in the segment of A/T (All-Terrain) for the Tuareg presented models:

• Continental ContiCrossContact;
• Dunlop Grandtrek;
• Hankook DynaPro;
• Michelin Latitude Cross;
• Toyo Open Country;
• Yokohama Geolandar G012;
• BFGoodrich All-Terrain;
• Pirelli Scorpion;
• Cooper Discoverer 3.

Each model has strengths and weaknesses. One is not bad to take away, but quickly worn down on the asphalt, the other has weak sidewalls, you can quickly cut on a rock or go “bumps” etc.

Spare tire (dokatka)

Many of new owners of Touareg, when they see such “dokatka” in place of a spare tire for the first time,

start suspecting that they were cheated themselves, having put up unknown thing instead of spare wheel. It is actually a standard spare wheel, produced with a cunning technology for space saving. It is transported flat, and acquires more or less habitual forms while being pumped up.

Results and conclusions

Volkswagen offers wheels for Touareg in an extensive assortment of sizes, but only summer ones. And the question of what tires put in the winter, the owner of Touareg should be concerned in advance, winter tires, which have suitable parameters, still have to find.