VOLKSWAGEN Phaeton · 4.2 V8 4Motion 5-zitter · Sedan · 2010 ‐ 2024

Make of automobiles Phaeton, modification 4.2 V8 4Motion 5-zitter started producing by Volkswagen from 2010. The weight of the car is 2.1 tons and a length of 5.1 m, It is shaped as sedan with 4 doors, and can be placed in a 5 men with a driver.

«Phaeton 4.2 V8 4Motion 5-zitter» have a full wheel drive auto with a 6-speed sequential automatic gearbox. This automobile can speed up for 6.9 s to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 250 km/h, owing to a 8-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection system», which generate a max output of 335 hp at 6500 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 18.2 l in the city mode of driving, on the highway 9.2 liters, and the average fuel rate is 12.5 liters per 100 km. Fuel tank volume is 90 liters of petrol, what provides to go roughly 720 kilometers unrefueled.

The front wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 323 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, pneumatic» and equipped stabilizer bar. Rearward wheels have ventilated disks, 280 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe through suspension «Multilink, pneumatic» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the following measure - 235/55R17.

Volkswagen Phaeton is not tested for Euro NCAP crash test. Furthermore to passive safety (passenger, driver, side, head/curtain airbags), it is also equipped with dynamic safety such as ABS, Brake assistant, EBD, Traction control, ESP.