Volkswagen is replacing the Phaeton. But only in China. The Phideon, name taken after the Roman Goddess of Fertility, Fides is a German designed exclusive for the China market replacement for the long running Phaeton. The thing about the market in China is that Volkswagen sells in vast numbers and what ever you say about the brand anywhere else makes to relevance. DSG failures there, Volkswagen gives you ten years warranty. Want a very long wheelbase Passat, they give you something called a Mangosteen. I mean Magotan. They sell over two million cars over there yearly. Or thereabouts. Our market is tiny. Really tiny.
So here we have the Volkswagen MLB platform (front wheel driven longitudinally based engine layout) that we see in the latest Passat B8 and larger Audis (like its flagship A8) stretched and widened to make it into A huge PHIDEON. Actually a large Passat B8 with a more blunt and squared off design. And nice rear lights.
No interior pics as yet but it would be obviously nice as I have not seen a premium specced car from Volkswagen looking like a low rent flat these days. Engine wise the Phideon gets the 3.0liter turbocharged V6 (300hp and 440nm) with a 2.0liter turbocharged TSi engine later on.
The car should go on sale by the third quarter of this year (2016) and is debuting at the Geneva Motor Show shortly.
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