I see it's twin spark per cylinder too!!!

[F1]

with a 1001hp
would it be better
then its brother and sister

bentley GT
or the W12

VW Nardo supercar (W12) is not going into production.

[F1]

WHAT
u has gots to be kidding
NO WAY MAN

[SpeedingQuattro]

isn't the best engine configuration is V10 instead of V12?

Volkswagen has decided that its 450 kW six-litre W12 supercar, also known as the Nardo, will not go into production. Why? VW could simply not bank on its success...

The revolutionary mid-engined VW had been developed under complete secrecy since a concept of the W12 was first shown at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1997. CARtoday.com published details of the ready-for-production prototype when it was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show last year.

The car, which holds the world record for distance covered in 24 Hours - 7737,404 km at an average speed of 322,94 km/h - will now never get to challenge supercars such as the Ferrari 550 and Lamborghini's Murcielago.

Volkswagen believes that the Nardo, which had not gone into production due to the manufacturer focusing its efforts on the Phaeton grand saloon, had passed its sell-by-date despite a recent restyling.

“The W12 did its job for us by breaking the world record,” Roberth Buchelhofer, VW's head of sales and marketing told Autocar recently. “It proved the W12 engine for the Phaeton (VW's new luxury car)”.

Former VW boss, Ferdinand Piech, had confirmed production plans in 1998, “but the manufacturer could not find a suitable location to assemble the car”.

The W12 powerplant is easily the most powerful Volkswagen engine ever built. The Nardo had been expected to cost slightly more than R1,6 million. VW claimed that its supercar could accelerate from zero to 100 km/h in less than 3,5 seconds and reach a top speed of 355 km/h. claim VW plans to build one final, road-legal W12 to show the world what might have been. But that car is almost certain to remain in the VW museum in Wolfsburg, Germany.

From now on, insiders say, the Wolfsburg-based manufacturer will leave supercar production to sister companies Lamborghini, Bugatti, Bentley and Audi.

The cancellation of the Nardo, a car which was featured in the January edition of CAR magazine this year, marks the third major sports car to be shelved in a short period.

Jaguar recently decided to scrap plans for the keenly-awaited F-Type, and MG Rover's MG X80 powerhouse will not go into production either.

最初由 SpeedingQuattro 發表
isn't the best engine configuration is V10 instead of V12?

Nope V10 doesn't sound as nice as V8 or V12. V12 is the cream butter of them all because it's basically just 2 inline 6 placed in V configuration.

[晴天]

最初由 kazu 發表

diaper? 怎麼講?

最初由 ~CK~ 發表



:biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh:

最初由 SB300 發表
Diaper??

umm.. umm...

~__________~..


well.. that black thinging covering the front.. and the black..

doesn't it just look like a baby in diapers?!?!?!

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最初由 JDM 發表
Volkswagen has decided that its 450 kW six-litre W12 supercar, also known as the Nardo, will not go into production. Why? VW could simply not bank on its success...

The revolutionary mid-engined VW had been developed under complete secrecy since a concept of the W12 was first shown at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1997. CARtoday.com published details of the ready-for-production prototype when it was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show last year.

The car, which holds the world record for distance covered in 24 Hours - 7737,404 km at an average speed of 322,94 km/h - will now never get to challenge supercars such as the Ferrari 550 and Lamborghini's Murcielago.

Volkswagen believes that the Nardo, which had not gone into production due to the manufacturer focusing its efforts on the Phaeton grand saloon, had passed its sell-by-date despite a recent restyling.

“The W12 did its job for us by breaking the world record,” Roberth Buchelhofer, VW's head of sales and marketing told Autocar recently. “It proved the W12 engine for the Phaeton (VW's new luxury car)”.

Former VW boss, Ferdinand Piech, had confirmed production plans in 1998, “but the manufacturer could not find a suitable location to assemble the car”.

The W12 powerplant is easily the most powerful Volkswagen engine ever built. The Nardo had been expected to cost slightly more than R1,6 million. VW claimed that its supercar could accelerate from zero to 100 km/h in less than 3,5 seconds and reach a top speed of 355 km/h. claim VW plans to build one final, road-legal W12 to show the world what might have been. But that car is almost certain to remain in the VW museum in Wolfsburg, Germany.

From now on, insiders say, the Wolfsburg-based manufacturer will leave supercar production to sister companies Lamborghini, Bugatti, Bentley and Audi.

The cancellation of the Nardo, a car which was featured in the January edition of CAR magazine this year, marks the third major sports car to be shelved in a short period.

Jaguar recently decided to scrap plans for the keenly-awaited F-Type, and MG Rover's MG X80 powerhouse will not go into production either.

Seriously so the car caost 1.6 million each , well that's too much
if it cost like 350000 US that would be more reasonable

I think if VW want to sell the car the that much, it needs to go through Le Man like CLK 911 or Mclaren

But the car did show durability of the VW W12
I think the VW company would actually have success with the Nardo

I think that 1.6 Million is not US dollar figure.