Worth getting a Phaeton just to do this

[LFO]

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-...

;)

[Lost soul]

[carreauchompeur]

it's rebadged as a 'Passat XL' which, I suppose, isn't far off the truth!

[PHmember]

I don't think you really need to rebadge a Phaeton as a Passat. That's the beauty of the Phaeton, it's already understated. Even with the Phaeton badge on the only people who won't know what it is are the people who aren't interested in cars & couldn't care less what it is anyway.

Lovely cars though.

[Vee]

More a Flying Spur 'ES', or for us Ford oldies an 'L'

[carreauchompeur]

PHmember said:

I don't think you really need to rebadge a Phaeton as a Passat. That's the beauty of the Phaeton, it's already understated. Even with the Phaeton badge on the only people who won't know what it is are the people who aren't interested in cars & couldn't care less what it is anyway.

Lovely cars though.

+1. SWMBO always gets confused when I point one out. Quality stealth tool.

[hman]

isnt the bentley continental a phaeton underneath?

[Dracoro]

carreauchompeur said:

it's rebadged as a 'Passat XL' which, I suppose, isn't far off the truth!

In the same way your car is a an Audi A6 XL

[Dracoro]

hman said:

isnt the bentley continental a phaeton underneath?

Pretty much.

What would have been a better pic would have been a Bentley with VW LUX written on the back

[iggletiggle]

Dracoro said:

hman said:

isnt the bentley continental a phaeton underneath?

Pretty much.

What would have been a better pic would have been a Bentley with VW LUX written on the back

The platform itself is shared with the GT but the GT has twin turbo's, different transmission/gbox which i believe are from the Audi A8 - or designs based on the A8's versions.

[Sods Law]

I find the Phaeton very tempting and as a cruiser offeres GREAT VFM.... hmmmmm

[carreauchompeur]

Dracoro said:

carreauchompeur said:

it's rebadged as a 'Passat XL' which, I suppose, isn't far off the truth!

In the same way your car is a an Audi A6 XL

I thought you were going to come up with [Insert random horror from wider VW group]XL. I like the A6