Volkswagen Phaeton 6.0 W12 2005

[CORRUPTEDDISC]

Volkswagen's mighty Phaeton W12 shares virtually the same DNA and engine as the Bentley Flying Spur. This means a 444 bhp naturally aspirated W12 and effortless pace, but combined with the understatement that a Bentley could never have.

Plus, imagine the power you could wring out of that beastly W12 motor...

 

[StarLight]

Saw one a couple years ago in Belgium ... what a car.
👍

 

[DigitalBaka]

Would love to buy one of these. The price drops like a lead balloon but they are exceedingly hard to find in the US.

 

[Neddo]

Ummm 2005+ has 450PS

 

[JKgo]

Ummm 2005+ has 450PS

...

But this is a 2003... And a rough math says 450PS begets 444BHP anyway.

 

[JR98]

I loved this car on Midnight Club 3.

 

[Neddo]

...

But this is a 2003... And a rough math says 450PS begets 444BHP anyway.

No that one had 420 PS

 

[JKgo]

No that one had 420 PS

...Which one? The MY2003? If so, you should alert the OP and inform him then.

 

[Neddo]

...Which one? The MY2003? If so, you should alert the OP and inform him then.

2003-2005 vs 2005-2011 is 420 ps vs 450. @CORRUPTEDDISC should just change it to 2005.


The reason i care is because together with Xjr is most gracious 21 century limo

Just look at it

 

[Tornado]

These always amused me because it read like Piech waking up one day and saying "Mercedes took a financial bath after pointlessly overengineering the W140. We want to do that too!"

 

[MisterWaffles]

That M3 never saw it coming. It's a good sleeper, looking as restrained as a Golf but packing a monster engine under the hood.

 

[TheNuvolari]

One of my favorite cars! And Top Gear think it's one of the worst cars in the world...
Voted! :tup:

 

[RenoRanes007]

Plus, imagine the power you could wring out of that beastly W12 motor...

Not a lot, I have the Audi A8L 6.0 W12 (The Phaetons much lighter, bit faster and better equipped cousin), basically the same engine accept the Audi version has 30 more hp and a dry sump, I've looked into adding to it but being NA the most you will squeeze out of it is 30 - 40 extra hp. Adding Turbos like the Bentley is not an option as there is literally no room for them on either car.

 

[Team THRT Drift]

Not a lot, I have the Audi A8L 6.0 W12 (The Phaetons much lighter, bit faster and better equipped cousin), basically the same engine accept the Audi version has 30 more hp and a dry sump, I've looked into adding to it but being NA the most you will squeeze out of it is 30 - 40 extra hp. Adding Turbos like the Bentley is not an option as there is literally no room for them on either car.

Have had this idea to drop a W12 in my A8L for a long time now... but as you said, there is no room (might settle for the V10).

Unless, you work out some exhaust mounted turbo setup. That's the only viable solution I see for it... but then again, being a W12 it's rare enough as it is and I'm sure I'd get lots of backlash from the Audi community for "hacking" up a perfectly working W12.


Finding a donor/written off W12 with minor structural damage is proving difficult... finding one at all actually, is proving difficult.



Also, post that beast of yours in the pics thread! 👍