Geneva update (looks like there's a new V6 in our future)
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Geneva update (looks like there's a new V6 in our future)
VW wouldn't keep a 3.2 to themselves, now would they? From latimes.com:
At Volkswagen, they are heading in the opposite direction of the Beetle and other cars that made the brand an icon of affordability. The German auto maker's Phaeton is a $50,000 to $85,000 VW intended to take the once-humble brand to stratospheric heights.
It will be VW's most muscular car, available with a W-12 gasoline engine (think of side-by-side V-6s) or a V-10 that is the world's most powerful passenger-car diesel engine. Four-wheel air suspension and a four-zone climate control system are standard, and VW's 4Motion four-wheel-drive system will come with the 10- and 12-cylinder versions when the cars go on the market in Europe beginning in 2004.
Bernd Pischetsrieder, VW's chief executive-designate, said Monday at the Geneva show that he doesn't expect the Phaeton to be a high-volume car. Instead, it is being offered "to attract the customers who have grown with Volkswagen and to offer them adequate products in the upper segments as well."
Critics say VW's move into the ultra-luxury sector is self-defeating because it pits VW against its own luxury division, Audi, which does not have an equivalent of the Phaeton.
Phaeton buyers can initially choose a 3.2-liter, 241-horsepower V-6 or a 6.0-liter, 410-horsepower W-12 engine. Later comes the diesel powerhouse, a 4.5-liter V-10 with 313 horsepower.
At Volkswagen, they are heading in the opposite direction of the Beetle and other cars that made the brand an icon of affordability. The German auto maker's Phaeton is a $50,000 to $85,000 VW intended to take the once-humble brand to stratospheric heights.
It will be VW's most muscular car, available with a W-12 gasoline engine (think of side-by-side V-6s) or a V-10 that is the world's most powerful passenger-car diesel engine. Four-wheel air suspension and a four-zone climate control system are standard, and VW's 4Motion four-wheel-drive system will come with the 10- and 12-cylinder versions when the cars go on the market in Europe beginning in 2004.
Bernd Pischetsrieder, VW's chief executive-designate, said Monday at the Geneva show that he doesn't expect the Phaeton to be a high-volume car. Instead, it is being offered "to attract the customers who have grown with Volkswagen and to offer them adequate products in the upper segments as well."
Critics say VW's move into the ultra-luxury sector is self-defeating because it pits VW against its own luxury division, Audi, which does not have an equivalent of the Phaeton.
Phaeton buyers can initially choose a 3.2-liter, 241-horsepower V-6 or a 6.0-liter, 410-horsepower W-12 engine. Later comes the diesel powerhouse, a 4.5-liter V-10 with 313 horsepower.
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