This is how the new Matrix LED headlights of the new Volkswagen Touareg look

The new Volkswagen Touareg features a truly revolutionary lighting system, with a large number of interactive functions.

The new Volkswagen Touareg is one of the most technologically advanced cars on the market, as well as one of the cars with a better lighting system in its class. The third generation of the SUV optionally incorporates the new “iQ.Light – LED Matrix” headlights, a system of interactive optics that provides a large number of autonomous functions.

128 LEDs per headlight: power to turn night into day

The LED headlights of the new Touareg use a matrix of light points that, in the front headlights, add up to a total power of 256 LEDs, a truly revolutionary figure.

Interactive headlights thanks to cameras, sensors, etc.

The new Touareg’s headlights use signals from the front camera, the digital map data from the navigation system, GPS signals, the steering angle, as well as the speed at which we are travelling to activate the precise LEDs needed to provide the optimal light at every moment in a fraction of a second.

With the “dynamic road light assistant”, the driver switches on permanent high beam. The Touareg itself handles switching between high beam, low beam, city light, motorway light (optional) or off-road light.

Since the new Touareg’s LED matrix headlights always operate at maximum light output, they make people, objects, other vehicles and animals visible, which would only be recognisable later and with less clarity with conventional headlight systems.

Autonomous headlights: the car knows where it is and acts accordingly

With the help of digital map data and GPS signals from the navigation system, the “IQ.Light – LED Matrix” headlights detect when the road changes from right-hand to left-hand traffic. That is, if we were in Dover (England) and then travelled to Calais (France), the system would automatically adapt the light distribution upon reaching mainland Europe, since it would detect that in France you drive on the right, not on the left as in England.

Functions of the “IQ.Light – LED Matrix” headlights of the new VW Touareg

Below we detail some of the most important functions of the new IQ.Light – LED Matrix headlights of the new Volkswagen Touareg:

• City light: particularly wide light cone with focus on the sides, active up to 50 km/h
• High beam: Low beam with wide light distribution towards the edge of the road
• Low beam: Permanent high beam without dazzling other road users
• Motorway low beam: Narrower light cone, focused for long range at higher speeds
• Motorway high beam: Narrower light cone, focused for long range at higher speeds as soon as there is no risk of dazzling other road users
• Overtaking light: Targeted high beam during overtaking manoeuvres without dazzling. The system detects that the Touareg is leaving the lane and then illuminates this side area with greater intensity
• High beam (manual): High beam activated manually, deliberate use of the headlights’ 75 LEDs for maximum illumination. The light cone is wider than the motorway high beam
• Wet weather light: Reduces glare for oneself and others on wet roads in rain. It activates as soon as the rain sensor detects precipitation. The annoying reflection of headlight light on wet, reflective road surfaces directly ahead of the vehicle is reduced, as the “IQ.Light” system dims the light in that area.
• Anti-glare lighting for traffic signs: Targeted reduction of high beam on traffic signs to prevent reflected headlight light from dazzling the driver
• Off-road light: Particularly intense low beam, focused on width, to make it easier to detect obstacles on the terrain.
• Signalling light (with “Nightvision”): Flash focused on people detected with “Nightvision” without dazzling them, so the driver can distinguish them more clearly

Technical specifications of this car

Off-RoadVolkswagen Touareg5 versions · from 73,265 €