Volkswagen Touareg Tows 747!
I ran across this post yesterday on MotorAuthority.com - Apparently to show off the incredible towing power of the Volkswagen Touareg, Volkswagen staged an event in which a 747 was actually towed (with the help of a custom trailer hitch, of course) across a runway in the UK. From the article:
“Volkswagen’s mighty V10 Touareg TDI managed to pull a Boeing 747-200 jumbo jet, weighing approximately 155 tonnes, across a runway at Dunsfold Aerodrome in the UK. Fitted with a special towing adaptor to connect it to the jet’s undercarriage, plus almost 4.3 tonnes of metal ballast, the Touareg itself weighed in at over 7 tonnes.”
Find the rest of the article here.
Towing | blog, 5 Dec 06 | 
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