VW Passat W12?

martieg · 04-20-2008, 08:05 PM

I was driving on the Turnpike yesterday, close to the intersection with 836, and I was passed by a VW Passat.

I'm very certain I saw Passat W12 on the back, and car boasted quad exhaust pipes and a nice exhaust note.

You bet the first thing I did was to visit the VW website, but I don't see any model under that spec.

Anybody here knows about it? Or was just a case of nice looks and a borrowed Phaeton W12 badge?

The car was very fast though.

TheAcAvenger · 04-20-2008, 08:07 PM

When the Phaeton was sold here, they offered a W12. It was actually the first W12 I ever rode in.

WTF, I can't read. You saw a passat with a w12 badge? Definitely badge thievery at its finest

roadkillrob · 04-20-2008, 08:08 PM

Probably an old Passat W8

http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/car-reviews...8-2004886.html

Double White · 04-20-2008, 08:26 PM

I think this belongs in the off topic section

BoostedBMW · 04-20-2008, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Double White

I think this belongs in the off topic section

Moved it.

DFW_M · 04-20-2008, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by lecatrache

I was driving on the Turnpike yesterday, close to the intersection with 836, and I was passed by a VW Passat.

I'm very certain I saw Passat W12 on the back, and car boasted quad exhaust pipes and a nice exhaust note.

You bet the first thing I did was to visit the VW website, but I don't see any model under that spec.

Anybody here knows about it? Or was just a case of nice looks and a borrowed Phaeton W12 badge?

The car was very fast though.

there was the W8 passat sold in the USA in the early 2000s, but only for a few years. It did have quad exhausts and was fairly quick...but did not sell (just like the Phaeton) so thay discontinued it...
THere was no W12 Passat...

martieg · 04-20-2008, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by dr325i

there was the W8 passat sold in the USA in the early 2000s, but only for a few years. It did have quad exhausts and was fairly quick...but did not sell (just like the Phaeton) so thay discontinued it...
THere was no W12 Passat...

Thanks - that helps - the car flew by me so fast that perhaps I thought I saw the W12, and maybe it was W8.

I researched the Passat W8, and it made 275 HP. Not bad for 2002-2005 I guess.

OBI_agent · 04-21-2008, 05:27 PM

Simple....Sticked a badge of a W12

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OBI_agent D to the X to the B! 352 Rep 2,106 Posts Drives: ABS,American bargain supercar Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dubai iTrader: (0)	Simple....Sticked a badge of a W12 __________________ 11 corvette C6
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