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Other cars to use the W12 engine are the 2005-present Bentley Continental Flying Spur, [5] [6] 2015–present, 2004-2011 Volkswagen Phaeton W12 [7] and the 2005-2010 Volkswagen Touareg W12. The engine was also used in the 2006 Spyker C12 La Turbie and 2008 Spyker C12 Zagato low-volume sports cars.
While the Renault Dauphine was a major sales success in Europe, where it is seen as one of the forerunners of the modern economy car, it received a very strong negative reception in the United States, largely for its poor performance and poor reliability. A period review of the Dauphine by Road & Track magazine found that the Dauphine took 32 ...
Volkswagen Group W-12 engine as fitted in the Phaeton W12 Volkswagen Concept D at IAA 1999 in Frankfurt. The Volkswagen Phaeton ( / ˈ f eɪ t ən / FAY-tən) (Typ 3D) is a full-size sedan/saloon [4] manufactured by the German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen, described by Volkswagen as their "premium class" vehicle.
The first application of the Volkswagen WR12 was the 2001 Volkswagen W12 Nardò, a mid-engined concept car which set the 24‑hour world endurance record in 2001 with a distance of 7,085.7 kilometres (4,402.8 mi) and an average speed of 295 km/h (183 mph). The first production car to use the WR12 engine was the 2001 Audi A8 (D2). [4]
There are also problems with the valve block and solenoids [citation needed] When this failure starts to occur, shift quality and speed, torque transfer and even loss of ability to engage gears can occur. These problems led Volkswagen Group to extend the warranty on all of their vehicles equipped with this transmission to 100,000 miles or 10 years.
vw-m.de. Volkswagen AG. April 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011 "TDI 100-5 - technical data". vw-m.de. Volkswagen AG. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011 "TDI 120-5 - technical data". vw-m.de. Volkswagen AG. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011
Wards 10 Best Engines is an annual list of the ten "best" automobile engines available in the U.S. market, that are selected by Wards AutoWorld magazine. The list was started in 1994 for model year 1995, and has been drawn every year since then, published at the end of the preceding year.
Volkswagen has only built a single W8 engine, for the 2001–2004 Passat. It was a test bed for the W engine technology, which made it into the W12 (listed below), and the W16, as used in the 406 km/h (252 mph) Bugatti Veyron EB16.4. ID code- BDP 4.0-litre W8, 202 kW (275 PS; 271 hp) — 2001–2004 Volkswagen Passat B5 W8