ed
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Somone I know's Dad was looking at Phaetons for thier company cars. Though they decided not to bother because you can get a better car for the money. Thats not the point though.
Every time this is brought up in conversation he always goes on about how the Bentley Continental GT uses the same chassis. I always want to say no it doesn't but I'm not 100%. I thought the GT uses the 4WD system and air suspension set up, along with a chassis that's loosly based on the Phaeton. Though he says that the only difference is the body shell. This is annoying because I always need to be right  I thought it was the new Silver Spur thing that was like that.
Can anyone make my day?
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mwg
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Yeah your right
I'm just saying that to make you feel better. I dont have clue if your right or not 
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Robin
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so he thinks the GT is based on the Phaeton chassis? and you think its not but the new RR is?
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ed
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Yes, although I don't know what an RR is... Is it the same as a Silver Spur?
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Robin
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Rolls Royce
and the new one is a flying spur i think
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vibrio
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the GT has a chassis loosely based on the Phaeton. the spur is the same GT chassis with a few extra inches
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Jason Iles
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Not sure if this answers your question?
Pinched from here http://www.channel4.com/4car/road-tests/driving-impressions-2004/V/vw-phaeton-tdi/tdi.html
The Phaeton story also includes how Volkswagen drew an ambitious set of benchmarks
it had to achieve, such as the W12 version being able to cruise at 186mph in a temperature
of 50 degrees centigrade whilst chilling the cabin to 20 degrees (using the four-zone climate
control system). Or how it had to have the stiffest body in class; apparently, you could attach
a Golf GTi to a three-metre steel pole, bolt that to a Phaeton and the body would only bend
by one degree. And easier to understand, how the engineers and designers aimed to make
it quieter, better-constructed and more refined than its competitors - and that it shares more
of its basic underpinnings and mechanicals with the Bentley Continental GT than with either
the Passat or the Audis A6 or A8.
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