Novice
It's just as everyone thought: The idea of a $100,000 Volkswagen didn't fly. The company will "temporarily suspend importation" of the Phaeton to the United States once the remaining 300 or so 2006 models have been sold. VW might still bring the next-generation car-aimed at the Mercedes CLS-to the States after its 2009 debut.
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Enthusiast
Is the Phaeton just not going to be imported to the US or is it not going to be produced any longer?
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they'll stop sending it to the StatesOriginally Posted by PerfAdv
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Fanatic
still a brilliant car.
Enthusiast
It was...is, just the Audi A8 is better in every way for not much more mula.
"Racing improves the breed" ~Sochiro Honda
Enthusiast
Good move as I've seen a total of exactly one on the street.
"Racing improves the breed" ~Sochiro Honda
Novice
not going to be imported to us and hopefully the ugly car of satan is axed altogether for a car which is not just a lengthened passat
Furniture
so why have a VW when you can have an audi for less? the question VW should have asked themselves
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With his galleons and guns
Looking for the new world
In that palace in the sun
On the shore lay Montezuma
With his cocoa leaves and pearls
Member
Serves them right. The A8 starting price is actually lower by $5,000 CDN in Canada. So bascially, why would you buy a VW when you can have an Audi? If the Phaeton would have been, let's say, $15,000 - $20,000 less, it would have been a smarter move. Seems like the Golf, Jetta, Passat popularity is going to their heads.
I'm just curious (because some of these have been sold), what the hell is a guy thinking when buying this?
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Furniture
i think it's
"well i dont know what an audi is, or that its better, so maybe ill blow all my money on a VW..."
He came dancing across the water
With his galleons and guns
Looking for the new world
In that palace in the sun
On the shore lay Montezuma
With his cocoa leaves and pearls
Enthusiast
It can't be
"Everyone has an A8, I want something different and more subtle"
The Bentley Flying Spur is based on the Phaeton, so it can't be that bad.
Enthusiast
That's the whole point the A8 is more subtle, a $100,000 VW isn't.
It failed not because it isn't good, it failed because it makes too much of a statement.
"Racing improves the breed" ~Sochiro Honda
Enthusiast
How is looking like a Passat not subtle? If you are seen in an enormous Audi people know its expensive. When they see a phaeton they think "Was the Passat really that long?", AND it has a V-10 diesel which is so wonderfully wasteful.
Furniture
I actually liked the Phaeton's exterior. The only thing I didn't like was that it was a platform sharer.
Novice
the flying spur is rubbish what you want is the new aston martin rapide
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