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Audi A8, Bentley Continental Flying Spur, Bentley Continental GT/GTC, Volkswagen Phaeton: PL64 [2] full-size luxury cars: Audi A8, Bentley Continental GT, Volkswagen Phaeton: PL71 [2] sport utility vehicles (SUVs) Audi Q7, Porsche Cayenne, Volkswagen Touareg: PL72 [4] sport utility vehicles (SUVs) Porsche Cayenne, Volkswagen Touareg (7P)
Volkswagen Group W-12 engine as fitted in the Phaeton W12 Volkswagen Concept D at IAA 1999 in Frankfurt. The Volkswagen Phaeton ( / ˈ f eɪ t ən / FAY-tən) (Typ 3D) is a full-size sedan/saloon [4] manufactured by the German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen, described by Volkswagen as their "premium class" vehicle.
The Volkswagen Group D platform is a series of automobile platforms from the German concern Volkswagen Group. It has been used for large luxury automobiles . Originally used by the Audi marque , it is also latterly used by the Volkswagen Passenger Cars , and Bentley marques.
D1 (VW Phaeton/Bentley) platform The Volkswagen Group MSB platform ( M odularer S tandardantriebs b aukasten, modular standard drivetrain matrix) is the company's strategy for shared modular design construction of its longitudinal , front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout (optional front-engine, four-wheel-drive layout ) automobiles.
Other cars to use the W12 engine are the 2005-present Bentley Continental Flying Spur, [5] [6] 2015–present, 2004-2011 Volkswagen Phaeton W12 [7] and the 2005-2010 Volkswagen Touareg W12. The engine was also used in the 2006 Spyker C12 La Turbie and 2008 Spyker C12 Zagato low-volume sports cars.
1897 Daimler Grafton phaeton Dual cowl 1932 Cadillac V-16 The Mercedes-Benz 300d was marketed as a "pillarless phaeton" A phaeton is a style of open automobile without any fixed weather protection, which was popular from the 1900s until the 1930s. It is an automotive equivalent of the horse-drawn fast, lightweight phaeton carriage. [1]
On 23 February 2002, a Volkswagen W12 coupé took the world record for all speed classes over 24 hours over the Nardò Ring at Lecce, covering a distance of 7,740.576 kilometres (4,809.8 mi) at an average speed of 322.891 km/h (200.6 mph).
The Volkswagen Concept D is a concept luxury liftback designed by Ferdinand Piëch, which was unveiled at the 1999 International Motor Show Germany before going on public display. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The vehicle featured a V10 TDI diesel engine (offering 230 kW /313 bhp at 4000 rpm and 750 Nm torque ), six-speed Tiptronic , 4Motion all-wheel drive, air ...