£80,000 Volkswagen 'Phaeton' and the other cool cars the Chinese get we DON'T!

behold the spiritual successor to the Volkswagen Phaeton now it's actually called the vivillon it's a Chinese market only cuz they build this here in China underneath the skin it's pretty much an Audi a6 there the engine the 3 litre supercharged v6 is one of B EE groups all the engines they don't use it in their more modern cars in Europe it's a big old thing this it looks pretty cool now it starts from about 40,000 pounds here in China rising to about 80 grand for a top spec version here on the inside this is definitely the Pasha's volkswagen i have sat in for a long time so soft touch materials from the - like a leatherette effect and stitching the design is very passatti but it's taken up a notch in terms of quality there when you go a bit lower down there's a few scratching plastics but generally yes really nice the poshest VW have been in ever even feels Boston the old Phaeton doesn't quite have the tech that no huge full digital driver display to normal analog - with a digital screen in between and the infotainment systems kind of a little bit old tech compared to the very latest VW stuff but these seats oh man oh like these seats they're super comfy this is a real super luxurious car here in the back though this is the seat for the VIP because you can actually move the passenger chair forward like in limousines such as the a8 and they've got their own special posh wooden table look at that obviously you can fall down a center armrest you've got controls for your reclining seats and your climate control all very lovely they don't actually sell many of these in China because really people just go and buy an a6 instead and that's the reason why we don't have it at all in Europe however the cars worth doing in China because it's a statement of what Volkswagen can do another Volkswagen we don't get in your that the Chinese have is this the terra Mont SUV so it's actually slightly bigger than a Turek yeah underneath the skin it's based on the Tiguan so it's got a transverse rather than a longitudinal mounted engine interest in her one going to now show you some other cars that you get in China that we don't have as well as some peculiarities of the China market as well as a normal rear drive hatchback version of the one series BMW also sells a saloon version and it's made here in China it's not the best looking car is it I'm fine about not having this now it's actually front-wheel drive because it's based on the mini platform but don't confuse it with the next generation BMW 1-series which we all get in Europe it's a completely different car inside it's familiar as a BMW though it does have a rather phallic gear lever now hey something that we don't get in Europe and they have uniquely for China it's a long wheelbase version of the 3-series so in the back it should be about the same size as a 5 Series these cars are all booked out for the media and I can't get on here to check it out today but I think there's one over there which is run by loads of people which I might be able to get into the back off so we'll just go and check that out now so I found a car actually sitting and yes there is plenty of room back here I'm actually surprised how much more there is than the standard 3-series it's truly good let me just check with the driver are you comfortable there mate yeah well there you go and he's about the same size as me look at that we should get these in Europe but then I suppose it wouldn't say any five series then would they as well as a long-wheelbase 3-series there's also a long wheelbase 5 Series and let's check this one out Oh surprise surprise this just feels as big as this 7 Series in the back I can see why they don't do in Europe it's a little bit hard I think the Chinese just like things that are big but elsewhere in the world finally we come to the 7 Series which is only sold as a long-wheelbase version here in China because obviously otherwise there's no point really is that if Mercedes built a car in China they will make a long-wheelbase version of that car so this is the long-wheelbase version the a castle ooh there's also a long wheelbase version of the c-class you also get a long wheelbase version of the e-class which I would have confused with a normal s-class now interestingly the e-class and c-class long-wheelbase versions have this special badge on the side for some reason not on the other long wheelbase though I do not know why there is of course a long-wheelbase version of the s-class but we have that in Europe so not interest in this but there is something that I really want to show you so finally I'm in the back of the long-wheelbase version of the GLC SUV it's got a bit more room than the normal car but I'd never found the normal color lacking it's quite interesting though how the Chinese do like their long wheelbase cars and now generally by those over the shorter wheelbase versions but I don't think they'd be so successful in the UK partly because the price difference to go to the long wheelbase version and then up to the class above wouldn't be that much especially when you're paying for things on finance like we do in Britain so I think we will just go you know if I'm gonna spend that extra I may as well have the Pasha car and move up to the GLA or in the case of the C cos definitely move up to an e class or with an eClass move up to an S Class different markets different people different ideas as with the other German manufacturers if I already built a car in China they do a long-wheelbase version of it so you get a long-wheelbase version at the 8th for the a6 the q5 and the r8 I'm just lying about the Rho just fancied filming it now in China they often change the name of a car for various reasons for instance this is in your would be called the Mercedes Maybach s 650 but here they've called it the S 680 the reason being that the number 8 means rich in Chinese that's a good thing this kind of car you want people to think you're rich mother clearly world if you drive around in this sometimes they change the numbers for another reason because the English version would be bad for instance you will not find a Mercedes 250 any where in China they're always badged up as a 260 the reason being is that the number 250 means stupid due to some kind of Chinese folklore it's all a bit confusing for us Europeans now the Chinese have their own way of pronouncing all the different car brands so how do you say Lexus in Chinese lei puss-ass lake assassin Laker sassa how do you say Volvo in Chinese what are what what are what so you've added yet again some more syllables very odd so I got it right wah wah wah wah how long do you take to learn to say that so about two seconds just the same as me okay so what or what Volvo obviously now on the Land Rover standard I want to see what they do with our famous British name so how do you say it at Land Rover in Chinese law whoa no no ha yeah almost yeah it's very odd isn't it so yeah this may seem like a bit of a lame attempt to get some girls in the video sorry about that I I went into 1980s mode that we know more though just cause Manila right now this may look like a normal range rover but the number plate actually reads royal one there's a reason for that you see this is a Range Rover that just keeps on going and going and going and going it's also got a bespoke boot it's got a special tray which you just put you look at on there then slides defense he don't have to push things all the way in yourself because you can afford a car like this you don't wanna have to do things to manually check out the inside super luxurious first-class experience I mean look at this ironically I might be showing you this in China but it's actually made in America they ship them over here cuz they're really really popular with the rich people here in China and in terms of the length it's about 70 centimeters longer than the normal range rover so yeah when you room to just relax and experience first-class travel one of the most exciting new cars here the Shanghai Auto Show is this it's an all-new car from an audio factory and it's called the li Shang one and it's a little bit like a Volvo xc90 back towards the rear down the sides kind of looks a bit like a Volvo xc90 here on the inside the Volvo II theme continues especially with this light interior with the dark elements as well and the feel of the door handles and the shiny speakers but then other bits of it are more Mercedes like the design of the dash with these screens but it's gone one better than Mercedes not only if you got one screen there on one screen there you got another screen here for the passenger which is a really nice touch then down here like in an Audi you've got another screen for the climate control and seats and stuff like that terms of quality I'm going to do my console shake test and it is sturdy in fact quite he's really good in here the materials feel nice there are a few bits and pieces which aren't quite as good as your mainstream European manufacturers for instance look at this that's a little bit loose there it's kind of like Tesla ish on the inside especially with all this tech the first attempt even for a second or a third attempt at a car this is really really impressive stuff quite surprised I don't want surprised China has 13 new car companies making electric cars these days they're so on in terms of electric tech incredible the quality field extends all the way here into the back the window switches they fill out this solid metal the pockets on the seat backs their airplane starts this guy's sort of Mercedes s-class feel - it's in the seats a super comfy but loads of room and of course because this is a large car in fact it's slightly larger than a Volvo xc90 there is room in the back and even if I sit up straight them yeah just about got enough Headroom I like it yet to gain like a Volvo xc90 this time the t8 version this particular car is a hybrid however the petrol engine never ever drives the wheels so it works more like a range extender a bit like the old BMW i3 so it's a 1.2 liter turbo and it actually provides power and energy the electric motors he got one at the front and one at the back they've got four-wheel drive it's pretty quick as well not 60 in 6.5 seconds now when you've got a full tank and the batteries fully charged you've got a range of around 500 miles if you want to run on electric power alone it's fully charged you can do about hundred at your 10 miles terms of charging with a rapid charge or DC charger you can do it to fall in about 30 minutes but if you've got an AC home wall charger he'll take about seven hours so can you guess how much this car costs would you reckon similar to a Volvo xc90 t8 so 80,000 pounds weights actually half that 40,000 pounds that's incredible value I wish we had this in the UK now another interesting fact about it the guy who actually started this company his name is Li Shan so the name of the company and it's the Lygia one so if I made my first car I would call it the matte one just like he did and interestingly he was a motoring journalist with his own motoring website but thought do you know what I'm gonna stop writing about cars I I'm just gonna build them and he's gonna do it I'm on the Neo stand a neo is basically the Chinese version of Tesla and he might recognize this car because it's called the e p9 and it's the fastest electric car ran the Nurburgring it did the Norse life in six minutes 45 seconds this thing has over 1,300 horsepower and more downforce than a Formula One car speaking of Formula One car neo was the first firm to win the Formula e championship when it started in 2015 however they do of course make road cars and I'll show you some now so this is the es aids it's a large SUV so it's a bit like a Tesla Model X however I'd like the Tesla rather than just having to charge it which it can do of course you can also swap out the batteries and the idea is along the highway there's battery swapping stations you'd pull up and they'll swap a battery for you now this cars been out for about a year but there's a brand new smaller SUV over there called the es6 so you can think of that as being like the Tesla Model Y so it has two electric motors so it's four wheel drive and it can do nought to 60 in just under five seconds and the range is about 300 miles on a full charge a bit like Tesla neo is famous for introducing cool new technology to its cars so this one has a personal digital assistant a little bit like Siri would you control through this little interface here it's kind of like the sports chrono clock in Portia's but it's a little robot so to engage with it you go hi Nami now you can ask it to do certain things but I don't speak Chinese and it doesn't speak English right now so I've got this guy to get it to open the sunroof so go ahead and make it open the sunroof I know me and there you go it's opening the sunroof blinds say loads of features in the car you can just control through this assistant another thing I like about this is it's got something called the Queen seat so he was telling me that usually in China the men drive and their wives will want to just have a nice sleep in the car so check this out right so I can lower a little foot pad there I can then slide out an under car first but that is not all I can then recline the seat back itself all the way so you can have to go and look through that window and it goes back very very far in fact looking like completely flat like a business class airline seat look at that another kick which is much needed to busy Motor Show enjoyed the video please give it a thumbs up also let me know which Chinese car you would like to see sold in the UK in the comments below also if you click on the video windows you can watch another video or over there to get a car while to see how much money you can save on new car [Music]

Channel: carwow

Views: 1,773,184

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Keywords: carwow, mat watson, 4k review, shanghai, shanghai motor show, shanghai motor show 2019, new cars 2019, new cars 2020, chinese cars, bmw, mercedes, tesla

Id: OtpuJxkof3k

Length: 14min 34sec (874 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 28 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/cheese_enthusiast2]

As if anyone would buy these in the states...

[u/TheBigGalactis]

We got the Phaeton, no one wanted it

[u/911GT1991TurboS]

13:12-13:32 damn that robot is cool. I like many of the NEO electric cars.

[u/V8-Turbo-Hybrid]

Sedan is declining in many countries. Only Chinese able to support it. Just think about Ford only sells Taurus in there and GM make Lacrosse as exclusive model in there.