2004 Volkswagen Phaeton V8 Sedan 4-door 4.2l on 2040-cars
Willowbrook, Illinois, United States
A truly finely engineered car that is a rare find. This car has a cult following and will not disappoint you: the old girl can really fly. It has been maintained very well so that even after 9 years it is difficult to find any difference in handling between this car and my brand new BMW 7 series (only feels less tight). I have to let it go since I have only a two car garage and it will be criminal to put this car outside given that there will be someone out there who will appreciate the engineering and care for it much better than me going forward.
The car has been dealer maintained throughout its life and included is a VAGCOM dongle and software that will allow you to access the cars 36+ computers from your laptop to see whats going on. This also elevates the ownership experience IMHO. For those of you who would like to know more about this car and the community around it please visit VWVortex.com and the Phaeton subgroup. Wikipedia also has a lot of good information especially the design principles and the fact that it is built on the Bentley Continental D1 platform. I also have a ton of technical documentation which I will give you on CD including the factory manual from Bentley publishers.I will throw in an oil & filter change before delivery. All fluids have been changed recently making this car silky smooth. New tires, new battery, new HID Xenons new TPMS batteries and an air conditioner recharge done this summer. Everything works as designed except the navigation which is now very dated (CD based maps) and I use an after market system that has real-time traffic input and lifetime map updates which I recommend as the better option. The stereo has an outstanding sound and its four zone climate control works well including four seat heating and cooling. it has an awesome internal lighting which glows at night which I have tried to capture in the pictures. The actual effect is much better than the pictures tell. The car is built like a tank. |
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Mon, 28 Jan 2013TheDetroitBureau.com reports Toyota has retaken the global sales crown. The Japanese automaker turned out 9.75 million vehicles last year, putting it just ahead of General Motors, with 9.29 million vehicles. Volkswagen, meanwhile, filled out the podium by building 9.1 million units in 2012.
Still, Toyota numbers fell just below projections the automaker made earlier in the year, due largely to a fierce territorial dispute between Japan and China that has seen mainland buyers shun Japanese goods. But the news marks a substantial comeback for Toyota. The company fell to third place in the global production race in 2011 after tragic earthquake and tsunami caused several plant closures.
In Japan, Toyota enjoyed a sales increase of 35 percent over the previous year, while the company's worldwide sales jumped by 23 percent thanks in part to new additions to the Prius line. The automaker is forecasting yet another increase for 2013, with the company projecting to reach 9.91 million units this year. Neither Volkswagen nor GM have released their own projections just yet.
European jury picks finalists for 2015 Car of the Year
Tue, Dec 16 2014There are countless Car of the Year awards handed out each year, and naturally, Europe has its own way of doing things. Every year, a panel of jurists representing seven publications in seven different languages and seven different countries get together to name their joint Car of the Year. The panel released a list of 32 candidates back in July, and it has now whittled that list down to seven nominees. The list consists of the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer, the Citroen C4 Cactus (shown), the Ford Mondeo, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, the Nissan Qashqai, the Renault Twingo and the Volkswagen Passat. Of those seven, only two are available in the US – those being the Mondeo (sold Stateside as the Fusion) and the C-Class. The Passat is an entirely different model in North America, the Qashqai isn't offered here, Citroen and Renault don't even participate in our market and the BMW 2 Series is represented here only by the completely different coupe and convertible. Expect the one and only recipient of the 2015 Car of the Year award to be announced at the Geneva Motor Show this coming March, and while you're waiting, you can place your guesses for the eventual winner in Comments. Featured Gallery 2015 European Car of the Year: Nominees News Source: CaroftheYear.org BMW Ford Mercedes-Benz Nissan Volkswagen Citroen Renault car of the year nissan qashqai citroen c4 cactus bmw 2 series active tourer
UAW tactics called into question at VW's TN plant
Thu, 26 Sep 2013The United Auto Workers is in hot water with some of the very workers it is trying to unionize at Volkswagen's Chattanooga assembly plant. According to The Tennessean, eight Volkswagen factory workers have filed complaints against the UAW with the National Labor Relations Board, claiming the union "misled or coerced" them into formally asking for union representation.
The UAW has instituted a major push at the Chattanooga plant to represent the 2,500 hourly laborers that build the VW Passat by using what's called a card-check process. The tactic is opposed by the National Right to Work Legal Defense foundation, the group representing the workers. The card-check process demands that a company recognize a union that obtains the signatures of more than half its workforce, according to The Tennessean. This tactic is in contrast to the more traditional route, which sees employees vote on union representation.
The workers filing the complaint claim that the UAW told them the cards merely called for a secret ballot, rather than an outright demand for union representation. Workers also allege that the UAW has made it overly difficult to reclaim their signed cards, some of which were signed so long ago that they have been rendered invalid. Although the cards can force a company's hand, federal law still allows the company to ask for a secret ballot before yielding to unionized workers.