What are your thoughts on the VW Phaeton?

I really like them....there big and impossin imo...

 

A steal for the $$ now.

 

Good car, well built, good reliability.

Market didn't like a pricey VW, It has been discontinued, that's why a good deal can be found.

If it could tow like my Touareg, I would have had one.

Just a side note, VW customer service is sub par. Dealer service has been pretty good, but Factory support is way below Lexus, Mercedes and BMW.

JD

 

have they finished making them.....??

 

The car is very nice. Engines , materials , quality. When you see it on a street it really looks pretty, this car is very sophisticated machine. And design seems to be so pure/aesthetic it is just different car in this segment. You are buying really good and luxurious car. The only think that it ain't got is.....prestige ! Ok , you can feel like in a Merc S-class , it is size of S-class , quality is like S-class , in Europe price was similar to S-class but........you are still driving VW !!!

Why do you think so ?

 

Everyone likes em, noone wants em.

 

For 90k it looks too much like a big Jetta. I'm sure it's well built, but having to deal with a VW dealer for service ,certainly wouldn't be up to Merc or Lexus standards.

Darrell.

 

arent they not selling well like at all....didnt hear of any for the MY

 

By the way they won't be brought into the US next year.
Sales were REALLY slow.

Darrell.

 

My dealer (I'm a Touareg owner) says factory is being de-commisioned (i.e. shut down and closed). VW will however support the models out there (as long as the law says they must).

JD

 

Id rather have a smaller 5 Series if money was an object..

 

perhaps the most under-rated car on the road today.
fantastic quality,build and good dynamics,too.
a car of substance for the thinking aristocrat.

 

the cars most major problem in my opinion was not its price (although it was a problem), but the fact the A8 could be had for a few thousand more and that had a proper badge on it. I really like it though and would almost pick one over an A8.

 

Covered before, see: http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=82838&highlight=phaeton

 

Get an A8 Audi. More sophistication and not much higher. Performance is quite good and there actually is a dealer network that knows what high-line customers want. NOt all dealers are good but most are.......

 

I believe they are not decommissioning the factory, but perhaps more like making room for the Continental GT and Flying Spur.