The all-new Volkswagen Phideon luxury saloon makes its
global debut at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. This innovative and luxurious
four-door car is positioned above the Passat and the Magotan, which is
available in China, and thus in the premium segment.
The elegant new five-metre saloon will be launched on
the Chinese market in the third quarter of 2016. With the debut of the VW
Phideon, which was developed and designed in Germany, Volkswagen is adding a
crucial pillar to its model range.
When designing this car, Volkswagen made use of the
technical expertise of its Chinese partner, SAIC Volkswagen. Particularly its
extensive experience when it comes to the wishes and requirements of customers
went into the creation of this premium saloon. SAIC Volkswagen will also
manufacture the new model.
The Phideon also sees the debut of the new
"face" of Volkswagen's luxury saloons. Klaus Bischoff, Head of Design
Volkswagen Brand: "The new Phideon, with its equally powerful and
charismatic front end, its flowing and yet precisely drawn lines and the
exceedingly dynamic proportions, exudes highest presence and superiority, while
the Phideon's progressive design corresponds to the high level of its technical
innovations.
Thus this avant-garde model, designed in Europe for our
style-conscious Chinese customers, was born." Volkswagen's design team is
proud of the fact that it was possible to derive the Phideon almost directly
from the breath-taking C Coupé GTE concept car, which was presented at Auto
Shanghai in 2015, with only minor changes. From a technical perspective, the
Phideon is the first Volkswagen to be based on the Modular Longitudinal Matrix
(MLB). Its name - Phideon - is a construct standing for elegance and
reliability, and phonetically and symbolically evokes Fides, the Roman goddess
of fidelity.
The top-of-the-range model - the Volkswagen Phideon
3.0 TSI 4MOTION, which comes with four-wheel drive as standard - is powered by
a 3.0 litre V6 turbocharged direct injection petrol engine that produces 220
kW/300 PS. This efficient TSI develops maximum torque of 440 Nm. The new
five-seater from Volkswagen will also be available as a 2.0 TSI (with
four-cylinder engines) with front-wheel drive. A model with a plug-in hybrid
drive is also planned for the future.
The exterior - a saloon car with the dynamism of a
coupé
The VW Phideon is 5.05 metres long, 1.87 metres wide
and 1.48 metres high. Between the extremely short front and rear overhangs for
a car of this size is a long wheelbase of over three metres, which give this
saloon car particularly sporty proportions. The eye-catching long bonnet gives
the car style and lends it sovereign "prestigious dimensions". This
design terminology describes the distance between the front door reveal and the
centre of the front axle. The greater this distance, the longer the bonnet can
be without needing to extend the front overhang. This means that a long bonnet
combined with a short front overhang results in an especially powerful and
elegant premium class design. In combination with the elongated cabin, this
results in an inimitably powerful and simultaneously elegant, flowing layout of
the Phideon.
A new face
Apart from the sharp contours of the bonnet, the front
is characterised by the wide and comparatively high radiator grille consisting
of four chrome bars, with two of the chrome-plated crossbars framing the dual
LED headlights integrated in the three-dimensional architecture of the radiator
grille; the bold unit consisting of the grille, headlights and LED daytime
running lights forms the "face" of the Volkswagen Phideon. This
design DNA will also be found in the brand's future high-end saloons. The
exclusive overall impression of the Phideon is rounded off by a wrap-around
chrome border, which elegantly finishes the lower section sloping down towards
the rear.
An elegant silhouette
The side profile is characterised by a character line
formed by two lines - a distinctive, razor-sharp drawn-out line over two
surfaces, extending from the front wings to the back in the boot lid. This
double character line develops into a powerful shoulder. The large wheel arches
are also defining design traits, reaching far up into the vehicle body and
underlining the VW Phideon's dynamism. Another striking feature: the alloy
wheels, derived directly from the C Coupé GTE.
Powerful rear section
Like the front end, the design of the rear is also
dominated by a horizontal division of the surfaces, accentuating the car's
width. The character lines, which run around the car right up to the boot lid,
frame the upper rim of the LED rear lights. A wrap-around chrome strip in the
lower body area ends in stainless steel exhaust tailpipes, adding a dynamic
visual highlight.
The interior - drive and be driven
The Volkswagen Phideon was designed as a sporty
five-seater, on the one hand appealing to dedicated self-drivers, while on the
other hand being perfectly suited for use as a chauffeur-driven limousine with
its generous spaciousness. The interior is thus both sporty and elegant. The
dashboard and the interior architecture are designed to focus on the technical
design and driving dynamics in the cockpit. The luxurious seats (in the front
and rear passenger compartments) can be electrically adjusted in several
directions, including individual settings for the ergonomically curved sides,
and have integrated seat ventilation and heating as well as a massage function.
The design team created a relaxed lounge atmosphere. The atmosphere inside the
car is also made more pleasant by a wrap-around ambient light strip that can
switch between three different colours.
Convenience and driver assistance systems - high-end
technologies
The new VW Phideon offers excellent convenience
features. For instance, the sports saloon continues the Volkswagen tradition
introduced to the top segment with the Phaeton of a chassis equipped with an
air suspension system, similar to the systems used by fellow Volkswagen Group
brand Bentley. The Volkswagen Phideon is equipped with latest generation of
this technology, with five individually selectable driving modes. Another new
feature is the electric soft-closing system for the doors, called "Soft
Close", which harmonises perfectly with the stylish, luxurious and
noiseless ambience on board.
MLB assistance systems
This new saloon has the full technology spectrum of
the Modular Longitudinal Matrix (MLB) at its disposal. When it comes to driving
information, this includes features such as a head-up display (which projects
information onto the windscreen) and a camera-based night vision system that
warns the driver if there are people or animals on or near the road, even in
pitch-black darkness or in fog, allowing the driver to react significantly
faster. When manoeuvring, Area View - a system with four wide-angle cameras -
improves all-round visibility. Other assistance systems include ACC (adaptive
cruise control), Front Assist (surroundings monitoring system), Park Assist
(assisted parking with automatic steering and braking),
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