Real world fuel figures should be about 33.5 mpg (US) highway and 26 mpg (US) city.
I was interested to read how "off road orientated" your US spec Subaru's are over there, what was the placing for them in the last Dakar rally?

BTW nice photoshop work on those photo links...they can't be real.
It is also interesting to read peoples comments about comparing a Touareg with a Golf (Rabbit), I guess that is like to say Mexico is part of the USA...and Cuba is a Florida island.