<![CDATA[Jalopnik: W12]]> http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: W12]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/w12 http://jalopnik.com/tag/w12 <![CDATA[Another Way to Turn V-12s Into Art]]> Okay, it’s a W-12. And okay, it’s art in a somewhat ghetto manner. But you’ve got to admire the painstaking attention to detail it takes to Swarovski an engine logo. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5591544&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[For $20,650, Get a People’s Car Originally Intended For Only Very Rich People]]> How much would you pay for three-quarters of a Veyron's Engine, minus the turbos? Well, get ready to find out, because Nice Price or Crack Pipe is bringing you a W12 that even those with meager W2s can afford. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5579569&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Quattroporte: Out!]]> The masses have spoken. Looks like one of the very few cars in the Fantasy Garage I've actually ever driven will be joining the Volkswagen Phaeton W12 in Loserville. The message is loud, the message is clear: No 4-doors in the Fantasy Garage. Unless it's a big Italian truck. Do I regret hearing the voice of the people? Not so much this time, but the loss of the Phaeton still smarts. Long term, maybe this action will have a butterfly flapping its winds in Toldeo and wiping out Tokyo effect: the resale value of the Quattroporte will tank, and I'll be able to pick one up on the cheap. That's the spirit... More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=284212&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[2001 VW Nardo Concept]]> It likely would've been more of a fool's errand to build the Volkswagen W12 Coupé (aka the Nardo) than it was to greenlight the Phaeton. Still, we always thought the 521-horse people's exotic was a pretty nifty example of what happens when Volkswagen puts its wurst in Giugiaro's prosciutto. – Davey G. Johnson More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=272894&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Volkswagen GTI W12 Concept, Now With Engine Music]]> From up close, the turbocharged W12 engine Volkswagen shoehorned into its GTI W12 concept car is probably a visceral experience, not unlike that millisecond before a jungle cat grinds you into meat by-product. In this video, you won't see the steroidal hare perform any feats of strength, like jumping over buses or dodging 75mm antitank rounds. It's all about the motor in all its whooping, coughing glory. Good morning. – Mike Spinelli More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=270473&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Madness in the Middle: VW GTI W12 650 Reveal]]> The phone rang. "Dude!" my buddy yelled. "What is that thing?" He was talking about this video of the new 650 horsepower W12 GTI concept car which Davey's been all over for the last few days. Yeah, the one with the jacked-up dual-turbo Bentley mill in the middle. And we've been asking ourselves why on earth would Volkswagen create an AWD, mid-engined Golf with that much horsepower? Specifically, that much horsepower? The all too obvious answer comes after you jump. (Thanks to Zero Customs for the video) – Jonny Lieberman More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=261875&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[More On the Stonking W12 Turbo Golf From Hell]]> When we ran across the W12 GTI this morning all we had to go on were our rusty German skills. Now we've got, at the very least, a translated press release in hand, as well as more photos of the Rabbit with the heart of a Continent(al). The mid-mounted engine is longitudinal, for added Countach-type radness, and it scoots to 100 km/h in 3.7 seconds. And who doesn't want a Golf that'll top 200? We want one. We want one very, very much. More, in fact, than we want a golden bust of Peter DeLuise from his 21 Jump Street days. Press release after the jump. – Davey G. Johnson More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=261425&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Votes Are In: Phaeton, Out!]]>
"Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." – John Adams
The people have spoken. And the people are wrong, fantastically wrong. I'm not shocked that the greatest-ever Volkswagen was given the boot from our make believe petroleum paradise, but I am deeply disappointed. I remember when I first discussed nominating the Phaeton with various members of the Jalopnik brain trust. We were convinced that it would never get in. Much to our surprise and quite honestly, delight, "Piech's Folly" made cut the mustard. But then, despite my passionate plea, despite comment after comment explaining just why in fact the Phaeton W12 is so very special, at the first opportunity some of you did the obvious thing – the big VeeDub was sacked (I say "some" because while 414 folks voted the Phaeton out, 801 voted to expel other and sadly lesser cars). No matter, though. We exist in the form of a blog and therefor we lick our wounds and move on. 'Tis the nature of the beast. But I'm getting a Volkswagen in the Fantasy Garage. And it sure as hell ain't going to be a first generation GTI. Perhaps the Touareg? Because I'm mean. – Jonny Lieberman More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=260093&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Jalopnik Fantasy Garage: Volkswagen Phaeton W12]]> Yes, the Phaeton. Like everyone else, when I first heard Volkswagen would be producing a $100,000 car, I was aghast. Was this the same Volkswagen that built my friend Tristy's Scirocco? Aside from constantly belching black smoke, that car's passenger seat would snap off its runners on every left turn. Six figures for a fat Passat? I'll pass, thanks. But then, details started trickling in. The Phaeton would share an all-wheel-drive, air-suspended platform with both the Bentley Continental GT and the Audi A8L, including the mega-compact 6.0-liter W12. That's some Brucetastic DNA. Snob-wise, the Phaeton would be at the correct end of a one-way street. While some jokers might climb into a Bentley and cringe at the Volkswagen-sourced gear selector, ain't nobody's getting into a Phaeton and bemoaning, "Hey, that's the knob-a-roo from the Continental GT – gross!" Sure, the biggest-ever VW would come from a fine family. But then again, so do the Hilton sisters. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=254379&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Fidel Is Not Enough: Bentley Plans Lots O' New, Lightweight Rides]]> We wannabe upper crusty anglophile types are already busy drooling over the allure from the double-decadent Havana coupe. Now Bentley springs this on us? As the revitalized German British marquee nears the brand-imploding 9,000 cars a year threshold, they are going to need new steel to maintain their momentum. Wait, not steel — as was dictated by sharing a chassis with brother Phaeton — Al-you-min-e-um. The new Continentals will use Audi's lightweight MLB platform, probably shedding half a ton in the process. Much more interesting (says me), is the likelihood of low volume offshoots, including a four-door drop-top, a sedanca and most wonderful of all, a shooting brake! And if Davey G. calls the latter a "hatch back," I'm sicking Daniel Craig on his ass. – Jonny Lieberman More »
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