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VW Touareg, $40,000; "Bourne" adventure road trip, $2,000

Touareg2 Just in time for the DVD release of "The Bourne Ultimatum," the most recent entry in Matt Damon's wildly popular spy thriller series, comes this chance to drive like the star –- and to be pampered like one as well.

In the film, Bourne's signature car chase is in a Volkswagen Touareg -- the agile and tough cousin of the Porsche Cayenne. The DVD has a great "making of" section about the chase and Damon's training that car buffs and movie fans alike will love. Although the chase in the movie was through New York City, Volkswagen is offering a chance to do some Touareg racing and off-roading in style.

The program is called TouaregAdventure and, naturally, includes a copy of the DVD. But that's just a teaser for the good stuff that's coming: a three-day adventure in a Touareg 2 in Moab, Utah, led by two off-roading experts, amid some of the country's most beautiful natural terrain.

And this is where the star treatment comes in: Camping, it ain't, kids. The package includes "an advance welcome kit," single-occupancy resort lodging and meals at the Sorrel River Ranch Resort and Spa, wine with dinner and drinks from the bar. These are luxury spa accommodations. 

The packages are available for trips between July and October 2008. The cost is $2,000 per person, not including airfare and transfers, but while you're experiencing life as a movie star, you can just ring up your travel agent. Does anyone still have a travel agent?

-- Josh Hancock

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It's an excellent car, but in Asia the marketing is so bad!

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http://www.middle-empire.com

I have a touareg V8 and its msrp is about 50,000 the one they use is a V10 about 60-70,000. I will say it is an exceotional auto but the bells and whisles will drive anybody insane after two years and i have had a flat every other day even tough the tires are fine.

Before i had a A6 2.7 sport and it was much better, so now i am going to find a 540 sport sedan or wagon

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