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Title: It may be a VW but....
Post by: swoopy on July 20, 2003, 04:22:32 PM

Vw Phaeton, what a fantastic car!! Just watched it being test driven on Top Gear and they have made one hell of a car. Powered by numerous engines but the best being a W12 engine and is able to reach 201mph without a single viberation, :)

(http://213.52.163.118:81/pics/5110-2.jpg)

(http://213.52.163.118:81/pics/5110-1.jpg)

(http://www.edmunds.com/media/2002/geneva/03.vw.phaeton.int.500.jpg)

Title: It may be a VW but....
Post by: funkedup on July 20, 2003, 04:26:37 PM

It may go 260 kph, but it's still a VW.

Title: It may be a VW but....
Post by: swoopy on July 20, 2003, 04:30:52 PM

thats what i thought till i saw it, everthing except the kitchen sink is in it. And VW make some very good cars nothing wrong with em.

Title: It may be a VW but....
Post by: Dowding on July 21, 2003, 03:16:41 AM

The story behind the car is really interesting. The guy in charge iof VW was leaving and as his last design decision he wanted a car that fulfilled 10  parameters, one of which is that the car must be capable of running at 186 mph for 12 hours with an external temperature at 122 deg. F while maintaining an internal temperature at 71.6 deg. F.

The other parameters were equally demanding.

The engine is two V6s mated into a W12 config.

Title: It may be a VW but....
Post by: john9001 on July 21, 2003, 09:37:02 AM

just what the world needs, a 200MPH car.

Title: It may be a VW but....
Post by: gofaster on July 21, 2003, 09:37:04 AM

From the side, it kind of looks like a Kia Optima.
(http://www.kia.com/images/optima/2003-5.jpg)
(http://www.kia.com/images/optima/2003-4.jpg)

Title: It may be a VW but....
Post by: Wanker on July 21, 2003, 10:00:27 AM

Ins't that new VW just a lower end Audi A8?

Title: It may be a VW but....
Post by: nuchpatrick on July 21, 2003, 10:09:55 AM

Well, if you kind-of want to get down to the sheet metal of it. You could call it a sibling of the Audi A8L.

But, this is a nice looking ride. Isn't this supose to have the W12 motor in it?

Title: It may be a VW but....
Post by: Dowding on July 21, 2003, 10:21:00 AM

Yes, like I said in my post, it has a W12 engine in it.

It a completely separate car from the A8, apart from maybe chassis - but the 10 'wunder' parameters are what set it apart and give it a £68,000 price tag ($100,000).

Title: It may be a VW but....
Post by: gofaster on July 21, 2003, 02:16:29 PM

Or you can get an Optima for less than $20,000.00 and pretend its a high-end luxury car.

Title: It may be a VW but....
Post by: Dowding on July 21, 2003, 02:20:31 PM

Or pull a 300 pound biffa with a poor sense of smell and pretend she's Angelina Jolie.

Much the same thing.