Could Walkinshaw Performance tweak the Touareg?

After the success of the Volkswagen Walkinshaw Amarok, might VW be tempted to apply the treatment to the Touareg?

Firstly, and unlike the Amarok, VW already has a factory performance variant in the Touareg R – so a Walkinshaw Touareg would need to be positioned and specced carefully so as to not tread on the R's patch.

It's highly unlikely that VW would position a Walkinshaw Touareg above the new 340kW Touareg R e-Hybrid.

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2024 Volkswagen Touareg R eHybrid with 340kW

Modifying the complex hybrid drivetrain for any meaningful power hike would also likely be relatively challenging technically, time-consuming, and expensive. Walkinshaw is more likely therefore to work its wattage wizardry on the 210kW 3.0-litre turbo-diesel V6 fitted to 210TDI models.

There’s plenty of room between the 210kW diesels and 340kW e-Hybrids for a Walkinshaw

Visually, we’d expect something more akin to a Volkswagen Walkinshaw Amarok than the VL Group A ‘Plastic Pig’. To illustrate its potential to live alongside the Touareg R, our mate Theottle has produced a subtle restyle emphasising off-road performance, leaving bahn-storming to the R. Lairy boy-racer it is not.

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2025 VW Touareg Walkinshaw Theottle | © Wheels Media

A new front bumper features an integrated skid plate and considerably less grille area than the R, and Theottle has added a gloss-black technically-patterned grille similar to that on his Walkinshaw Amarok concept.

Wheel arch flares are noticeably fatter than the R’s on Theottle’s concept, housing rims that look to be an inch or two smaller, with a decent (four inch?) lift. Fairly subtle Walkinshaw signature decals pick up the stock swage line.

The tail is stock, but for the addition of a chrome Walkinshaw badge, remaining teutonically clean.

Would you like to see a Walkinshaw-worked Touareg? Let us know in the comments below.