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  • A W12 Phaeton on the move would walk away from an F430.

  • that's probably 160km/h ... u are a bad ass street racer :))

  • um... why is this video not suitable for minors?

  • its a vw m8^^

  • hey lila!!!!

    must love phaeton!!

  • Audi S8 is besser mit biturbo dann is ferrari geschichte

    700PS!!!!! minimum !!!!!!!

  • Not in corners :)

  • Wie alt bist du? 12? Quetsch mal 700ps in DEINEN S8, der auf 450PS ausgelegt ist und schau wie's mit den Differentialen nach 10.000km aussieht. Dann ist Verschrottungsprämie angesagt, weil Audi dann nämlich sagt "Pech gehabt, selbst Schuld".

    Zum Glück sind die, die sich einen S8 leisten können zum allegrößten Teil gescheiter als du und machen sowas gar nicht erst!

  • Why is that speedo registering so high when the road seems to be going by at a fairly normal rate, and you're not whizzing past everyday drivers?

  • Obviously you have never driven in Germany. Everyone drives faster than your normal rate of 70.

  • germany is heaven :)

  • Doesn't gas cost like $5.00 USD over there?

  • in northern germany around 1.65$ atm

  • i think he meant per gallon ..

  • he is going 60 mph

  • ;; He was at least going 140KPH even at a slow speeds. And went up to 230KPH. Which is respectfully about 87MPH and 140MPH respecfully.

  • this proves right here than u dont need a benz or a beemer or a ferrari to be the best....a lonely VW beats the competition!!!

  • a lonely 125000 dollar vw right

  • VW Phaeton is my next car (if i win the lotto)

  • lol, the red one is just chillin

  • the ferrari-driver seems to be a grandpa^^

  • I give you 5/5 just because you're listening to Oasis, Lyla is a great song.

  • that's not an F430, it's a 360 Modena

  • actually you need torque and power, but you can`t really compare these 2 cars, the VW is a fast cruiser, the Ferrari is a pure sports car.....and car enthusiasts like to hear the engine.

  • thats what makes it funny. i'll rather have the VW than the Ferarri

  • porque piensan que un volkswagen no puede seguirle el paso a un ferrari?? si los alemanes crean buenos motores?? ami me encanta el phaeton W12 UNA MARAVILLA

  • id rather have a vw phaeton then a Ferrari. Ferrari is too flashy and not practical.

  • You are forgetting noisy. I have a friend with a F430 and he wears earplugs that came with the car!

  • Sorry did someone say its not much heavier...LOL like 1 Ton heavier

    VW Phaeton W12 = 2356 KG

    Ferrari F430 = 1450 KG

    The Ferrari round a track would beat the VW or around any corner. Not saying the VW is slow but you assume the F430 was flooring it?

    Better off seeing what its like on a similar sized car like the S65 AMG

  • FACT:

    VW Phaeton W12 450BHP 550NM

    Ferrari F430 480BHP 465NM

  • if its phaethon is the W12 is more than cabable of chasing this particular ferrari,it have bigger engine and i think more horse power,and its not a lot hevier than the ferrari,the 360 just have more sport set up

  • Y only give you 5/5 cuz you're listening to Oasis.

  • "My Phaeton Keeping Up With A Ferrari"..but only in your dreams. Even a Golf could keep up with a Ferrari as long as it's driving 20 mph so: If the Ferrari-driver had wanted to blow you away, i would have done that easily.

  • wrong...

  • the phaeton has about 500 horsepower but its limited to 155mph,without the limiter it nudges 200 mph so it could easily destroy the ferrari which tops at 186mph

  • ahahahahahahahah noobs

  • that Prancing Horse is so pretty

  • nice

  • vw phaeton w12: 720 Nm

    ferrari 430 : 520 Nm

    conclusion : the volkswagen is limited because is to powerfull . it has an safety device for power limitation. you don`t belive that ? go talk with a car specialist from volkswagen. he would tell you the same thing... so think again ;)

  • Horsepower makes it go forward.

    Ferrari = red.

    VW Phaeton W12 != black.

    Conclusion: red cars are faster. Go talk with a car specialist from Ferrari. He would tell you the same thing... so think again ;)

  • VW Phaeton

    450BHP / 550NM

    Ferrari F430

    480BHP / 450NM

    Torque is the vital part when doing high speed runs.

    BHP matters in the low speeds.

    Conclusion = The Phaeton keeps up with the Ferrari

    Buy a book about engine & physics and educate yourself.

  • Technically it's the opposite. If you're blasting from one light to the next, you want torque. If you're on the autobahn, you want power (BHP). On top of this, the extra 100Nm isn't going to do much if the car weighs one ton more.

  • There's no evidence of it keeping up in this video. It just cuts between the speedo then to following a Ferrari that isn't really bothered about racing a barge.

    Ferrari 360M - 292bhp/ton, 206lb/ft per ton.

    Phaeton W12 - 173bhp/ton, 168lb/ft per ton.

    Not a chance of keeping up, no matter how much the VW fans posting here wish it could.

    When your talking about physics don't forget that the forces you're talking about need to be applied to over 2400kg.

    Conclusion = Phaeton Fail.

  • not a chance of keeping up ? u idiot there's a top speed on that road, at wich the ferrari will not be able to get away from the paheton... conclusion= u fail

  • WTf man, be real, ferraris top speed is 320kmh+

    How the hell will be a phaeton faster.

  • who said phaeton was faster?

  • That is not true, torque is vital part when doing acceleration, but for top speed you use horsepower. Example: max torque is in about 2000-4500rpm, and HP is in about 5500-6500rpm, depends of car...

  • LOL. The Ferrari driver knew that this dude chased him, and tried in every meanful way to drive as fast as the ferrari goes, but *sigh* the VW still kept up with the Ferrari.

    And that was supposed to be funny, kiddoes! :D

  • Lol, you know that a CS can go over 320 Km/h while the Phaeton maybe goes 260 when it's much, do you?

  • it's a 360 modena simple not a challange stradale .. but even if that was the worst ferrari made ever, he would smacked that phaeton ;) that's not a race.

  • its CS, n00b

  • I bet you're a real pain in in the arse

  • was his engine on? all i could hear was that ferrari screaming!!!

  • So you like to Geocache, eh?

  • F430 is a V8. The Phaeton has four more cylinders. I hope you kept up...

  • Not every Phaeton has a 12 cilinder engine. VW has made it with a 6 and a 10 cilinder as well...

  • Number of cylinders makes no real difference.

  • yes it does cause it would have a bigger or smaller engine

  • Not always...old BMW 3 Series, straight 6 2000cc, newer inline 4 2000cc, I dont know why they did this I have not looked into it, emissions spring to mind, but a 6 is more balanced/smoother than a 4, plus you get mazda V6 1800cc and their 1300cc rotary has the output of a 6 cylinder

  • ALSO, the Ferrari in the video is a 360 Challenge Stradale, not an F430.

  • give it a diesel v10 with a supercharger or at least 2 turbos and id buy 1 :)

  • The V10 diesel in the phaeton already has twin turbos.

  • Volkswagen rules

  • title says "keeping up with a ferrari"...XD

  • You wanna race an F430 in a Phaeton?!

    Come on, wake up!!

    Maybe you could catch up on a straight line, but in corners, the VW would just cry look silly. The driver in the Ferrari doesn't even see you as an opponent.

    Be reasonable, on one hand you have a Ferrari, a car with some great history and on the other hand you have a VW, a "Volkswagen", which means "mister everyone's car".

    Wake up man. testa di cazzo

  • Helloooo.... Helloooo.....

    You need to re-read the title and description of the video Helloooo....

    There's no mentioning racing anything.

    I quote "I just could not resist *chasing* a Ferrari with my VW Phaeton."

    Good day!

  • GO V.W some of the most tuner friendly cars in the U.S. However the Ferrari at under 3000lbs and over 600hp could have easily lost you. It's only a race when the other car knows your racing.

  • that ferrari doesnt have any where near 600hp

  • the 360CS in the video has 425hp, not 600.

  • Thats the W12 right? Such an underrated car, am tempted to grab a second hand TDi or V6 next year or so

  • Man sieht ja, dass er bei der Beschleunigung nicht mithalten kann.

  • I did when I put the camera away ;)

  • lol... driving over 200 km/h and you simply hear nothing than the ferrari in front of you.. awesome

  • Driving at those speeds, how often do you have to refuel?

  • Why do you people always think you "keep up" with a car like a ferrari? Its not like he pressed his gas paddle to the end..perhaps he was just cruising while you were struggling to keep up with him..Phaeton is a nice car..but a Ferrari can swallow you in a few seconds!Good bye

  • give me the ferrari

  • I heard they only sold 2 units in the US with the W12 engine. Its a real shame how underrated this car is, but because of its rarity I bet in 20 years its going to be one of the most desirable collecter cars in the world.

  • ja klar... *rofl*

  • i agree, good comment

  • the ferrari mite smoke it but the phaeton is a cooler car

    total sleeper car

  • your car is so quiet its unreal.

  • german car ;p

  • The VW Phaeton has W12 engine and the speed limiter can be removed and the car is going harder ,but an advantage on the vw is the stile ,confort and sport . ferrari has only sport and 2 seats

  • vw style¿? vw sport?¿

    ....

    yao fo sure.

  • This guy probably thought it was die Polizei in a Passat hahaah

  • As much as I like the Phaeton, I like the Oasis playing in the background towards the end of the video better.

  • The Ferrari can smoke the Phaeton at any time

  • omg so damn quite

  • Geocaching, whats that

  • does it look ferrari has anywhere to go

  • "n Americaland, I'm pretty sure all cars are limited to 130 unless you put the nifty little ECU chip in there."

    No, I had my car personally above this speed. I know people with the same car who have had it even faster.

  • The driver in the Ferrai was a little old lady with purple hair :-)

  • lol^^

  • Well you would keep up with it without a limiter because that Ferarri doesn't do 201Mph! Phaeton does...

  • "Well you would keep up with it without a limiter because that Ferarri doesn't do 201Mph! Phaeton does... "

    lol. riiiiiight. sure it does

  • 187.3 MPH to be sure.. My uncle has one and it is delimited FROM 155.. So phaeton isn't THAT fast but at the other hand its definitely not slow..

  • dude the phateon does do 201 it has a W12 engine do you know anything about cars?

  • haha i tried keeping up with an f430 in a fiesta 1.2 .. with a headstart he left me before he had changed into 2nd lol :(

  • the ferrari was in 3rd gear

  • I love how quiet the Phaeton is. You can hear the Ferrari, but not the Phaeton. If the Ferrari had really opened the taps, I don't think the Phaeton would have kept up, but yes, they are limited to 155 mph in Europe. In Americaland, I'm pretty sure all cars are limited to 130 unless you put the nifty little ECU chip in there.

  • In the US the law is also 155 but most domestic cars dont have limiters, most cars in fact dont

  • the law is not 155! where the hell are you guys getting this bad information!?

  • it is, electronically limited to 155mph

  • Not all cars. But VW/Audi does it anyways. And fyi, you don't acutally put an ECU chip in cars anymore. You just reflash the ECU.

  • "I'm pretty sure all cars are limited to 130 unless you put the nifty little ECU chip in there. "

    you turely have no idea what you are talking about. the speed of the car is almost solely adusted according to what speed rating the tires that are installed on the cars. and, computer is programmed for the latter.

  • "next exit in 1500 meters" lmao

  • Hey thats my exit on the Autobahn...^^

    Nice one, but i think if the Ferrari would have opend his throttle fully...you've hadn't had a chance...or is the W12 not limited to 250 kp/h?

  • Germans rule at making cars

  • lol italian car :| they realy don't have talent at making cars germans are the best at those things

  • the phaeton is the quitest 12 cyl car iv ever heard. I work in a vilkswagon garage and we have many 6.0 w12 phaetons in here....this is an amazing luxury powerfull car with huge prestige and a lot of characters.

  • the engine is so quite, its amazing. you could heat the ferrari roaring, but the VW was just so quite, lovely car!!!

  • Thats why you buy a Ferrari, because of the sound! :)

  • This car truly is a techinical marvel, a real love of labour. I would love the V8 version. My only wish would be that B&O did the entertainment side of it, like the A8.

  • I'm pretty sure that if the ferrari driver wanted to put the phaeton in the dust he would not have difficulties doing it !

    The Phaeton is amazingly quite when cruising at 230km/h !

  • for the price of the phaeton, everyone will buy its competitors because its not a real stunning car like a bmw, lexus, or mercedes amg.

  • Some people value discretion and comfort.

  • this car have 2 times bigger engine then ferrari:D

  • Looks like you missed your exit chasing that Ferrari.

  • frustrating back mirror view for the ferrari owner :) I like how this VW is an underdog, outperforms about any car in the sector, but looks like you are driving a big passat. I bet you can park it at an Aldi supermarket and no-one would even glimpse at it.

  • great cars

  • ha, you were listening to oasis

  • Over all its a great machine!

  • the phaeton is so nice to look at. its nor gorgeous or exotic, just nice. ferdinand piech's obsessive attention to detail paid off.

  • I love to have them chase me with my McLaren M6B-GT turbo....

  • Yeah ? It`s this so ? And audi rs8 v12 TDI what is it ?I think you are the one who needs to wake up...

  • makes me somewhat glad that VW is my Audi's RS4 parent company!

  • VW's RULE! PERIOD! VeeDub In Da House!!! lol!

  • phaeton is diesel, ferrari is faster i think.

  • Where are you from? Yeah right, they're building ALL of these in w12 diesels... right....

  • What do you achieve by driving so close when leaving motorway?

  • sorry folks, this is kmh when they start vid shows 150 and they are at traffic , unless everybody was 150 miles per hour

  • nice car, nice song (oasis)

  • Phaeton can't catch ENZOs, but a Delimited Phaeton can actually defeat a Ferrari F40 because the Phaeton is meant for driving ALL day @ 186mph, and has a top speed of 201 MPH.

    The F40 can only maintain 186 MPH+ for a short time without overheating

  • 200mph? A Pheaton? Is that true? I mean, wow, I really love these cars I cant wait for them to depreciate a bit more so I can pick up the bargain of the century, they are so understated I just totally love them. For some reason they remind me a bit of the Lotus Carlton: wolf in sheeps clothing!

  • ill admit the long verison of the pheaton is the comfiest car i know.

  • Wow you cant hear the engine is soo slience

  • i have a v10 phaeton... highly recommended

    couldn't afford the 6.0 lol

  • what fuel consumption do you have? would w12 have that much bigger consumption in comparison with v10 tdi?

  • Oh dear all the badge snobs bought a inferior car, hahaha. The Pheaton W12 and V10s are the best premium cars ever made.

  • I agree. The Phaeton is remarkable and the Touareg is easily the nicest SUV on the road.

  • It's a great car for when u want to "fly underneath the scanner". It has all the interior technology of a Bentley Cont.Flying Spur w/o the price or badge. It has been great for me.

  • It seems like a nice car and the interior obviously has the seats of a Continental Flying Spur, because that's how ours look in the Continental GT

  • lovely car. I really want one. or a V10 TDi.

  • Just wondering, why doesn't this car sell well in North America? It is marvelous, but i heard it has a base price of $150,000. I would buy this over the A8

  • Phaetons had a base price around $68k for a V8.

  • no one wants to buy a 150000 VW except 4 a bugatti

  • Jeremy from Top Gear would.

  • w16 engines are better

  • Do you have a V8 or a 6.0 W12? The Phaeton W12 has a top speed of 201MPH(323 km/h) when you disable the stupid Governor.

  • The Phaeton is a marvellous car but has one significant problem, it has no real status it the upper class. Two years ago we had a wedding celebration. We drove a black A8 (3,2 l) and a black Phaeton (3,2 l), both cars are perfect, but the Phaeton is much more confortable and silent than the A8, that I never reckoned before. Moreover the Phaeton is more luxury and Imaho the interior lighting more various and not only (Audi)red ;-)

  • The Phaeton has had way more research when it was built.

    The Audi A8 is basically the old Audi V8 (which is built on the Audi 200) with a single frame grille and ASF. (aluminium space frame)

    If you dig in the engineering of the Phaeton, the car has a build quality and engineering feats exceeding even Maybach's.

    Only the Climatronic system is an engineering marvel.

  • Phaeton is one of best cars in the world. W12 engine and all nice, luxury stuff, what car can handle.

  • This type of driving is EXACTLY what V W drivers aspire NOT to do -- its a class thing!

  • i love how its going 150 mph and you cant hear the engine....it is truly the best car ever made...I want one

  • So do I but Unfourtunately they don't make them anymore and finding a W12 is next to impossible.

    It sucks but thats why they still make the A8 W12

  • I work at a VW dealership in The Netherlands and I can safely say they are still made. They just don't sell many.

  • volkswagen already produce pheaton ....

  • Um, I'd call anything above 150 mph a chase...

  • you cant hear the engine lol

  • Looks like the Ferrari was uninterested in racing.

  • you call that a 'chase'?

    meh.

  • great car, next time keep the music off and keep the camera on the road so we can hear the engine purrrr!

  • no when i bought my 06 gti they told me they stopped making the phaeton and now bentely is going to make them

  • The Bentley Continental has basically the same engine, drive train, suspension and alot of interior components that are the same as the Phaeton. The same applies to the Flying Spur too.

  • they still make the phaeton, just not in america due to the fact that they only sold 500 in 2004 when they had projected selling 5000. if you want one, go to europe.