VW sees U.S. sales boosting slow-selling Phaeton luxury sedan

ElFenix

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if euros, who aren't brand conscious, won't buy it, why would americans, who are, do so?
 

optoman

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Who ever came up with the recent names for VW cars should be shot. If I can't pronounce it, I'm not going to buy it.
 

aphex

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Originally posted by: optoman
Who ever came up with the recent names for VW cars should be shot. If I can't pronounce it, I'm not going to buy it.

I actually like their new names....

Phaeton - Fay-a-taan or Fate-an
Touareg - Tour-rag

Sounds pretty damn cool if ya ask me :)
 

NFS4

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Originally posted by: aphex
Originally posted by: optoman
Who ever came up with the recent names for VW cars should be shot. If I can't pronounce it, I'm not going to buy it.

I actually like their new names....

Phaeton - Fay-a-taan or Fate-an
Touareg - Tour-rag

Sounds pretty damn cool if ya ask me :)

Actually, according to the latest VW commercials, it's pronounced Tour-egg
 

b0mbrman

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Originally posted by: aphex
Originally posted by: optoman
Who ever came up with the recent names for VW cars should be shot. If I can't pronounce it, I'm not going to buy it.

I actually like their new names....

Phaeton - Fay-a-taan or Fate-an
Touareg - Tour-rag

Sounds pretty damn cool if ya ask me :)
Nope :) Fay-ih-tn

 

Muadib

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Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Originally posted by: aphex
Originally posted by: optoman
Who ever came up with the recent names for VW cars should be shot. If I can't pronounce it, I'm not going to buy it.

I actually like their new names....

Phaeton - Fay-a-taan or Fate-an
Touareg - Tour-rag

Sounds pretty damn cool if ya ask me :)
Nope :) Fay-ih-tn
Damn I was way off. I've been calling it the rip off.

:p
 

bolido2000

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Originally posted by: aphex
Originally posted by: optoman
Who ever came up with the recent names for VW cars should be shot. If I can't pronounce it, I'm not going to buy it.

I actually like their new names....

Phaeton - Fay-a-taan or Fate-an
Touareg - Tour-rag

Sounds pretty damn cool if ya ask me :)

I'm wondering if they are using this weird names so people won't associate them with VW? Didn't Acura kill the Legend/Integra names so people would start calling them Acura?