VW W12 Coupé
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The Volkswagen W12 Coupé (also known as Volkswagen Nardò , based on the Nardò Ring test track near the Italian town of Nardò ) was a concept car that was developed by Volkswagen from 1997 onwards .
Initial concept
At the request of Ferdinand Piëch , then Chairman of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Group, Giorgio Giugiaro and his Italdesign team were commissioned to design a Volkswagen sports car, with instructions to accommodate a 12-cylinder engine in a W configuration .
One reason for the conception was to prove to the world that the Volkswagen Group can build a super sports car and a large and reliable engine for its luxury and sports cars.
In fact, the W12 engine of the Volkswagen W12 of the same name is closely related to the twelve-cylinder engines of the Volkswagen Phaeton , the Volkswagen Touareg , the Audi A8 , the Bentley Continental GT , the Bentley Continental GTC , the Bentley Flying Spur and the Bentley Bentayga . The engine of the W12 is also an ancestor of the W8 engine of the Volkswagen Passat W8 and the W16 engine of the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 .
Development history
In 1997, at the Tokyo Motor Show , Volkswagen presented its first vehicle concept with a W12 engine, the W12 Syncro (also known as the W12 Syncro Coupé), a bright yellow coupé with a 5.6 liter W12 engine developing 309 kW (420 hp) ) and Syncro all-wheel drive.
In 1998, the W12 Roadster was presented at the Geneva Motor Show , a red roadster based on the W12 Syncro presented the previous year, but with rear-wheel drive .
In 2001, at the Tokyo Motor Show, Volkswagen presented the W12 Nardo , an orange-colored coupé with a W12 mid-engine that now had a displacement of 6.0 liters.
From 2001 onwards, a W12 Nardo Coupé with a matt black carbon body and a W12 engine with 440 kW (600 hp) of power took off on record runs on the high-speed track in Nardò.
The end of the W12 Coupé
The super sports car from VW never came into the dealerships, only into the museum. The dream of a Volkswagen super sports car was given up in 2003 in favor of the Group's own competition ( Lamborghini Murciélago since 2001 , Bentley Continental GT from 2003, Bugatti Veyron 16.4 from 2005 and Audi R8 from 2006 ).
Motorsport
On February 23, 2001 a Volkswagen W12 Coupé set the world record for all speed classes over the Nardò-Ring in Lecce over 24 hours and covered a distance of just over 7740 kilometers at an average speed of 322 km / h.
Appearances in video games
The first appearance of the W12 took place in the Gran Turismo Concept 2002 in Tokyo-Geneva. Since then he has appeared in the GT series without exception.
The W12 also appears in Test Drive: Unlimited and World Racing 2.
In addition, the W12 also appears in Asphalt 8 .
See also
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- https://de.motor1.com/news/221980/vw-w12-nardo-sportwagen-studie/amp/
- https://gran-turismo.fandom.com/wiki/Volkswagen_W12_Nardo_Concept_%2701
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Record breaker: Volkswagen is showing legendary automobiles at the Classic Days 2019 at Schloss Dyck. volkswagen-newsroom.com, August 1, 2019, accessed on August 10, 2020.