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Volkswagen Touareg V10 TDI

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Volkswagen Touareg V10 TDI - Mechanical Muscle

Here, have some torque / Article provided by: European Car Magazine

A Volkswagen Touareg V10 TDI has succeeded in towing a Boeing 747-200 Jumbo jet weighing more than 170 tons on an auxiliary runway at Dunsfold Aerodrome, just outside London, England. The diesel-powered vehicle is a standard production model fitted with a special towing adaptor and loaded with ballast to bring its total weight to 7.7 tons including the driver, a VW engineer from Germany (naturally). Amazing what 553 lb-ft can do.

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