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Old Jun 4, 2008 | 11:38 AM
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Wow - what a car

I took a test drivein a 3.2 V6 today - 36k miles and under
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Old Jun 4, 2008 | 11:57 AM
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I have been watching these for a while & I agree, astonishing value for a descrete (or anonymous) luxury car.
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Old Jun 4, 2008 | 12:39 PM
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I used to sell VW's, our dealership wasn't allowed to sell them at the time, frigging good job as well, I would not have liked to rely on selling them for my commission.

Lovely car though!
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Old Jun 4, 2008 | 01:48 PM
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but would you get one of these or an A8 ??
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Old Jun 5, 2008 | 12:09 AM
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Its a bargain car - how much cross over is there with a bentley?
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Old Jun 5, 2008 | 12:13 AM
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Unusually for me (as I'm no big fan of diesel) the 5.0 V10 TDI version sounds interesting...
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Old Jun 5, 2008 | 01:16 AM
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Luxury bargain of the decade.

There's a 4 year old car on Autotrader with less than 40k miles for
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Old Jun 5, 2008 | 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by ADP,Jun 5 2008, 09:09 AM
Its a bargain car - how much cross over is there with a bentley?
A LOT. It's the same chassis. If you get the W12, it's the same engine minus the turbos. Most of the interior fittings are the same.

Basically it's the same underpinnings and switchgear.
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Old Jun 5, 2008 | 01:48 AM
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The Bentley's the only reason such a crazy car exists. And a certain gifted madness in Dr. Ferdinand Pi
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Old Jun 5, 2008 | 07:59 AM
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You could easily put an Audi/BMW/Merc badge on it an no one would have been any the wiser.

Saw one today, you wouldn't notice the outside much (a good thing with these type of cars) but the inside looked rather nice, only seen pics until today.
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