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 phaeton
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| posted on May 23rd, 2009 at 11:42 AM |
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Volkswagen at Auto China 2009
Not any all new VWs were released of significance to us; mainly new engines 1.4 TSI and 1.8 TSI were released for VWs two Joint Ventures in their main
sellers and the Golf 6 was launched.
[B]FAW-VW[/B] which builds the Jetta as the [I]Sagitar[/I], the Passat as the [I]Magotan[/I] and a fully redeveloped Mk4 as the [I]New Bora[/I] just
had the above mentioned engine updates with no major visual changes.
[B]Shanghai-VW[/B] released a facelifted [I]Passat Lingyu[/I] which to put it simple is a last generation Passat (B5) [with 100mm LWB] with the 2.0L,
1.8T and 2.8 V6 engines (sounds familiar doesn't).
The [I]Polo Sporty[/I] powered by 1.6L engine seen in the Polo sedan sold here in early 2003 was also released with Sporty visual cues such as Alloys
and Darkened headlights and tail lights.
[I]Lavida[/I] the first fully ground up Chinese design which is based on the same platform as the New Bora had two new versions on show; one with the
BlueMotion treatment; a 1.4 TSI and 7 speed DSG giving an average fuel consumption of 5.8L per 100k's and another with same powertrain but with more
sporty influence: alloy wheels, leather seats and rear spoiler.
Passat New Lingyu
Lavida Concept BlueMotion
Lavida 1.4 TSI
Polo Sporty
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matt
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| posted on May 23rd, 2009 at 11:59 AM |
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whats the go with the grey lavida? is it released in australia??
i like it!
matt
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phaeton
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| posted on May 30th, 2009 at 03:09 PM |
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posted by matt
whats the go with the grey lavida? is it released in australia??
i like it!
matt
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Unfortunately its only Chinese consumption.
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68AutoBug
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 posted on May 30th, 2009 at 04:03 PM |
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they look Very nice....
they say it won't be long before chinese made cars will be sold in Australia and the rest of the world...
Most taxis in major Chinese cities are all chinese made VW passats etc..
Early models...
i'm wondering whether the chinese designed VWs pass any safety ADRs....
LEE
- [size=4]Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY--- [/size]
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Phil74Camper
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| posted on June 9th, 2009 at 09:32 AM |
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Chinese-made VWs have already been sold in Australia.
The Polo Classic (2002-04), the previous Polo with a boot, was made in China (the regular Polo came from Spain). It was the first Chinese-made car to
go on sale in Australia. So yes they do.
http://www.autoweb.com.au/cms/A_102357/title_Volkswagen-Launches-Polo-Classic...
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