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As a result, a phaeton was much lighter than the sturdier, weather-ready convertible. Since the body was entirely open, it was easy to add or remove an extra row of seating where space had been left in the original construction. A phaeton differs from a convertible in having no winding or sliding windows in the doors or the body. [6]
The Phaeton body was fabricated and painted at the Volkswagen works at Zwickau, Germany, and the completed bodies were transported approximately 100 km by special road transport vehicles to the main factory. Most Phaeton engines, the W12 being the notable exception, were built at the VW/Porsche/Audi engine plant in Győr, Hungary. [citation needed]
The spider phaeton, of American origin and made for gentlemen drivers, [4] was a high and lightly constructed carriage with a covered seat in front and a footman's seat behind. [5] Fashionable phaetons used at horse shows included the Stanhope , typically having a high seat and closed back, [ 6 ] and the Tilbury , a two-wheeled carriage with an ...
Phaeton body, a style of open carriage or automobile; Phaeton (carriage), a horse-drawn sporty open carriage; Volkswagen Phaeton, a full-size luxury automobile built by Volkswagen until 2016; Phaethon (patrol boat), a patrol boat of the Navy of Cyprus; Double Phaeton, a Gräf & Stift luxury automobile c. 1910
His dead body falls into the river Eridanus, and his sisters the Heliades are turned to black poplar as they mourn him. Phaethon's tale was commonly used to explain why uninhabitable lands on both sides of extremity (such as hot deserts and frozen wastelands) exist, and why certain peoples have darker complexions, while his sisters' amber tears ...
Body and chassis; Class: Luxury car: Body style •2-door roadster •2-door coupé •2-door convertible Victoria •4-door sedan •4-door phaeton •4-door dual-cowl phaeton & Sport Phaeton •town car •landau: Layout: Front engine, rear drive: Related: Light Eight 120: Powertrain; Engine: 319.2 cu in (5.2 L) L-head inline eight 357.8 cu ...
Humans have many vestigial body parts that may have been useful for our ancestors but are obsolete for us. Useless body parts explained: Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement.
The car is currently on display in the Porsche Museum and remains in good condition. Its motor still functions, but the batteries and seats are missing, and the instrument panel is not original. [5] This example has been fitted with translucent blue perspex panels by the museum, showing what the original body would have looked like. [6] [7]