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Phaeton attraction

After your comments early last year I bought a 3-year-old VW Phaeton V10 LWB with 40K miles on it. It has been a good car so far having done 15K miles with me and economy better than expected of 25 to 27 overall with low to mid 30s on the motorway, which I think is good for a 2.6 tonne car. Also it is a great tow car hardly noticing the weight of a car trailer on the back and still gets 25mpg towing empty or full at 60 on the motorway.

Asked on 27 June 2009 by

Answered by Honest John
Interesting feedback. In fact the first I have ever received about a Phaeton V10 diesel (now, a discontinued model).
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