re
If you gave me $100000 and told me to buy a car, Why would I buy a large
sedan that gets bad gas mileage and no one has ever heard of?"

that's exactly why the Phaeton flopped here and only sold a year or two here
in the US>.

from the very beginning ..it was regarded as a very dumb move by VW ..
and low sales reflect that.

I asked my rather small and modest local VW dealer if they were going to be
getting any to sell..
they said 'no, since VW required them to own one as a loaner while people
had their Phaetons serviced..
and they weren't about to wrap that kind of money up in a car themselves
even !

----- Original Message -----
From: "craig cowan" <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: Passat W8

>I was at a VW show last summer where 3 Phaeton W12's showed up. Their
>little
> club parked, installed their original window stickers and fielded
> questions.
> OVER $100,000.
> Apparently, they cost more than an equivalent Audi A8. So....why would
> anyone buy it? (It's the same car as the A8, with downgraded features and
> a
> less prestigious pedigree). Awe inspiring, not in it's genuine beauty, but
> it's general illogicalness.
>
> If you gave me $100000 and told me to buy a car, Why would I buy a large
> sedan that gets bad gas mileage and no one has ever heard of?
>
> -Craig
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 6:35 PM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Apr 1, 2011, at 2:53 PM, Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Craig,
>> >
>> > There's a guy in our local club who works for a dealershi. Apparently a
>> > timing chain on a Taureg requires over 40hrs labour! The engine AND
>> > transmission need to be removed, etc, etc.
>>
>> Once upon a time, a considered buying a car with a 12-cyl Wasserboxer
>> from
>> a fellow Listmember. Killed the deal when I was told the timing belt
>> would
>> need to be replaced along with a major tune-up. Estimate was $30K which
>> was
>> only $8K shy of the price for the whole car at the time.
>>
>> That's no April Fool Joke.
>>
>> BenT