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

[NFS4]

Good luck getting Americans to fall for it!

http://autoweek.com/cat_content.mv?port_code=autoweek&cat_code=carnews&loc_code=index&content_code=01440048

 

[ElFenix]

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

 

[ElFenix]

"The Volkswagen label is not wrong on this car."

yes, it really is.

 

[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.

 

[BigSmooth]

"We could never sell a luxury car in the United States without an eight-cylinder engine."

Whaaaa? But Acura does so well with the RL!

 

[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

 

[NFS4]

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]

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]

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.

 

[bolido2000]

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?