Luxobarge

edde

5 series or e class just check engines as some have more issues than others.
That's the boring option find a bit more go low depreciation and higher running costs though and get a Rolls Royce. Park an old one next to a 7 series or s class and only one gets looked at.

Scrapit

force_ten wrote: »

like an allegro Vanden Plas :rotfl:

Not many of them around. Had a metro VP once. Had wood and everything.

Car_54

force_ten wrote: »

like an allegro Vanden Plas :rotfl:

The Allegro never aspired to average.;)

AdrianC

motorguy wrote: »

A Phaeton is huge and is based on Bentley running gear. Also they're not that cheap to buy.

A Phaeton is a steel A8. No more, no less.

Same size as XJ/S/7/A8 etc.

motorguy

wgl2014 wrote: »

In what I quoted.

I would think of a Luxobarge as being something large in both physical dimensions and engine, neither is going to be particularly easy to park or cheap to run, the obvious value comes in the lack of depreciation.

Not want something thats "A bit too large" =/= wanting a small car.

motorguy

The last "big and wafty" barge i had was an XJ of the X350 shape. Great car, cheap as chips, never had to spend money on it when i had it. But too big for the O/P i suspect.

E60s are great, but tend to ride quite firmly so you lose a lot of waftyness.

E Class Merc probably a good shout though look for a six cyl variant not a four pot.

S Type Jag would be another to look at. Improved with every model year so the younger the better.

Just found the S Type. 3.0i, 51K miles, 2007, FSH, £3495

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201805136472342?advertising-location=at_cars&make=JAGUAR&radius=1500&model=S-TYPE&price-to=4000&sort=year-desc&postcode=bt622hb&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&fuel-type=Petrol&page=1

motorguy

AdrianC wrote: »

A Phaeton is a steel A8. No more, no less.

Same size as XJ/S/7/A8 etc.

Quite a bit more....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Phaeton

"The Phaeton's platform, the Volkswagen Group D1 platform, was shared with the Bentley Continental GT and Bentley Continental Flying Spur.

Development of the vehicle led to over one hundred individual patents specific to the Phaeton.

The Phaeton was hand assembled in an eco friendly factory with a glass exterior, the Transparent Factory (German: Gläserne Manufaktur) in Dresden, Germany. It also assembled Bentley Continental Flying Spur vehicles destined for the European market until October 2006"

So built on the [same platform as the] Bentley Continental [STRIKE]platform[/STRIKE] and built at the factory that built the Bentley Continental.

AdrianC

You have that the wrong way round. The Conti used the Phaeton platform. And, yes, a relatively small amount of Spurs were assembled in Germany.

The Bentaygo uses the Toerag/Cayenne/Q7 platform and is built in Slovakia (bar a bit of final assembly). Does that make them Bentleys?

motorguy

AdrianC wrote: »

You have that the wrong way round. The Conti used the Phaeton platform. And, yes, a relatively small amount of Spurs were assembled in Germany.

The Bentaygo uses the Toerag/Cayenne/Q7 platform and is built in Slovakia (bar a bit of final assembly). Does that make them Bentleys?

*Edited the original post for completeness, but the point still stands*

So not based on the same platform as the A8, and not built on the A8 production line then?

Did the A8 share that platform?

The factory built ALL Spurs destined for the European market up to 2006, not "a relatively small amount".

If the Phaeton was "just a steel A8", was the 6.0 W12 fitted to the A8 at the time?

parking_question_chap

Guys does it really matter?

I know you two always have to be right, but nobody cares.