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March 05, 2003
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This Week:

• The Chrysler Brand Enhances its Expressive Line-up in Geneva

• SAAB Debuts All-New 2004 9-3 Convertible

• Highlights of the New Porsche Carrera GT 

• Audi A3 - Trendsetter on the home straight

• Phaeton V10 TDI with 313-bhp ten-cylinder turbocharged diesel - World Premiere at the Geneva Motor Show

• World Premiere of the Show Car "Cinema 7D" presented by EDAG Engineering + Design AG

• MINI One D - Plant Oxford's latest edition and world premiere

• New Nissan Micra wins 2003 European Automotive Design Award at Geneva Motor Show

• Carlos Ghosn completes global launch of Nissan 350z at Geneva Motor Show

• Renault will produce an entirely new vehicle in Russia as of 2005

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Phaeton V10 TDI with 313-bhp ten-cylinder turbocharged diesel - World Premiere at the Geneva Motor Show

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Wolfsburg - At the 73rd Geneva Motor Show, Volkswagen is introducing the world's most powerful diesel-engined passenger car: the Phaeton V10 TDI. This new model will go on sale in Germany at the end of March 2003, at a list price starting at 82,600 Euro. The five-litre, ten-cylinder engine with its twin turbochargers develops a torque of 750 Newton-metres at an engine speed as low as 2000/min; its maximum power output is 230 kW (313 bhp). The Phaeton V10 TDI transmits its power to the road through a newly developed six-speed automatic transmission and a 4MOTION all-wheel driveline.

Drivers of the Phaeton can look forward to the kind of performance normally expected only from a sports car. It has a top speed of 250 km/h (electronically governed) and accelerates to 100 km/h from a standing start in only 6.9 seconds. Quite apart from these outstanding performance figures, the Phaeton V10 TDI is impressive for its unique combination of power, comfort and safety allied to low fuel consumption: all that the ten-cylinder engine demands on average is 11.4 litres of diesel oil per 100 kilometres.

Standard equipment items for the Phaeton V10 TDI include leather upholstery and trim, front seats with 12-way electric position adjustment, an electrically adjustable steering column including 'Easy Entry' and position memory functions, and front seat belts also adjustable electrically to suit the wearer's height. The 18-inch diameter alloy wheels have size 235 tyres, and there is a choice of metallic or pearl-effect paint finishes.

In addition to the Phaeton V10 TDI, This year's Geneva Motor Show also sees the premieres of the Touareg 2.5 TDI (128 kW / 174 bhp), the Touareg V8 (230 kW / 310 bhp) and a V6 TDI version of the Passat with a power output of 132 kW / 180 bhp. Other new Volkswagen models on display in Geneva are the Touran, the new Multivan and the New Beetle Cabriolet.

(March 4, 2003)