garagecar (Free subscription) | yesterday
TECHNICAL SPECS PRICE : £46,535, Engine 3.0-litre V6 turbodiesel Power 237hp Max torque 500Nm at 1,500-3,500rpm Top speed 147mph CO2 emissions 239g/km (tax band L) Transmission Six-speed Tiptronic automatic, 4WD Standard features 17in alloys, ABS with EBD,ESP with electronic differential lock, Continuous Damping Control, parking sensors, DVD sat-nav/entertainment system with six-CD changer and...
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Our friends over at wreckedexotics.com have hooked-up with realcartips.com (be careful when driving your exotic'). This week’s alert: luxury hybrids are a drug on the market. Hybrid Escalades are going for ten grand under sticker. Lexus dealers have been instructed to sell their remaining stock of 2009 Lexus 600h Ls for $10k off sticker. And, [...]
Creditplus Car News (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
The Volkswagen Phaeton is a luxury car which hardly draws attention from anyone on the road. C ...
Luxist (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
If you're in the market for a top-of-the-line luxury sedan, chances are you'll be looking at the likes of Lexus, BMW, Audi and Mercedes. Maybe Jaguar or Maserati, if you're looking for something with a little more flair. But Volkswagen? That's the problem the German auto giant encountered with the Phaeton, a luxurious limousine positioned against its own sister company's Audi A8, but with a less prestigious...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Legend speaks of the return of the Volkswagen Phaeton , a.k.a 'Piech's Pholly,' a.k.a. the VW sedan so mind-blowingly expensive, Americans wouldn't wrap their wallets around it. To combat the problem, Volkswagen has now made a version even more expensive. The Exclusive trim is a "lifestyle" car with completely customizable options unavailable on any other Phaeton, a vehicle already loaded...
The VW Livery (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Rumors of the Volkswagen Phaeton's return to the U.S. have been brewing, off and on, for almost two years.
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
The 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show is just about to close its doors to the press, but we came, we saw and we blogged the crap out of it. While we all were sleeping here in the U.S., our team of five bloggers kept criss-crossing the show floor to make sure we didn't miss a thing. Below is the updated list of production vehicles and concepts that we've covered so far from the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show , in...
Straightline (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
The word from Frankfurt is a definite maybe on this one. "I have to admit that it was a mistake to take this car out of the market," Volkswagen Group CEO Stefan Jacoby told reporters at the Frankfurt auto show. "We think that the Volkswagen brand is a good place for this. We are looking at various alternatives for the re-launch of Phaeton ." The Phaeton was discontinued in 2007....
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show , Sedan , Europe , Volkswagen , Luxury 2010 Volkswagen Phaeton Exclusive - Click above for a high-res image gallery When it comes to the Phaeton, we really don't care what anyone else thinks. The only justification we'll offer is that back in the early 2000s, VW's ubermensch Ferdinand Piech took off the calf-skin gloves and dropped the mother of all gauntlets. He...
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 08/18/2009
Filed under: Podcasts , Acura , Hyundai , Volkswagen , Ferrari , Spyker , Celebrities , Design/Style Click above for the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes, RSS or listen now! Episode #141 of the Autoblog Podcast marks the first time we're joined by a guest outside the Autoblog Inner Circle, and we're hoping that it's the start of a trend. This week, our interview couch is occupied by drift, rally and stunt...
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 08/17/2009
Filed under: Sedan , Plants/Manufacturing , Volkswagen , Luxury Volkswagen Phaeton - Click above for high-res image gallery At least as far back as March 2007, we were reporting that Volkswagen might bring back their range-topping and bank-draining Phaeton sedan to the States. Back then, it was the company's CEO Martin Winterkorn predicting the car's return to America, but in more recent times, we...
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 07/22/2009
Remember the Volkswagen Phaeton? I certainly do. I had two of them: a grey 2005 V8 with all the options and a black 2006 V8 with none of them. After nearly four years and eighty-nine thousand miles behind the wheel of the big Vee-Dubs, it was time to let them go. Owning a Phaeton out of warranty is roughly equivalent to playing Russian Roulette with five chambers loaded. Owning two is more than twice...
The VW Livery (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
Volkswagen will be updating its Phaeton flagship for the second time in its short life, reaffirming the lackluster opinion of the car in the full-size luxury sedan market.
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Do some revision : Volkswagen needs to do some catching up in the luxury executive market if it wants to be a significant challenger to the new BMW 7-Series and Merc S-Class. These spy shots show that work is ongoing to bring out a credible rival.
Driving Passion (Free subscription) | 06/20/2009
For the second year in a row the Volkswagen Phaeton has won the Luxury Car category at the British Insurance Vehicle Security Awards Why? Well here's the detail for those of you liing in a bi of a Burberry area....
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