VW decided to build the Bugatti Veyron instead of this car: The Volkswagen W12 coupe. *read below*

The Volkswagen W12 coupe was first unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2001. It was powered by a W12 engine, which was put together by two VR6 engines and had 600hp (7000rpm/min), making the sprint from 0-62 mph in just 3,4 seconds. The concept car made many world records, for example 7085 km (about 4402 miles) in 24 hours and one year later 7749 km (about 4815 miles) in 24 hours, just to name two of many other records. Volkswagen said, that the W12 coupe should had emotionalised the Car brand, and it could have: With a height of just 1,10 meters, a smooth- faced body and forward opening gullwing doors, the car would have been in the same class as Ferrari. Another great thing about the car was the glass roof, which extended from the back of the car to the end of the roof. Actually the car should have gone into series, but it remained by just a few cars and Volkswagen decided to build the Bugatti Veyron instead of the W12 coupe. However, the Veyron had many technology components of the W12 coupe, like for example the W- engine type, which was also used in the Phaeton and Touareg, just with less horsepower (420hp for the Phaeton and 450hp for the Touareg). Well, the car looks pretty nice and I think Volkswagen should had built this instead of the Veyron, or maybe both, but after all, it was still a very nice concept which was actually built and tested and it was still used as “predecessor” for the fastest car in the world (back in 2005)

That´s it, I hope you liked my text about the epic Volkswagen W12 coupe! Thanks for reading!

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Car enthusiast Dennis (Volvo Squad)(Audi Squad)

Only if won lottery

08/11/2016 - 21:04 |
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Anonymous

Front is ugly but oh my god it would be better than a veyron

08/11/2016 - 21:11 |
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FUGL_S60 (Tesla Lover 800)

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

No, W12 vs V16

08/11/2016 - 21:28 |
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Truebirb13 (Nobed) (Porsche luver) l(lieks mudkipz and jdm c

OMG YAY

08/11/2016 - 21:13 |
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JustAnotherEvoFan

Completely forgot about this one lol

08/11/2016 - 21:19 |
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Ferrarisam

I had a hot wheels of the w12, but gave it to my friend because he is a huge volkswagen fan. I will post a pic if i can get one.

08/11/2016 - 21:45 |
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Lamborghini Murcielago Longitudinale Posteriore 670-4 Electr

I beg to differ

08/11/2016 - 22:37 |
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The author mentioned how one piece of technology brought over from the VW is the W12, where the whole idea of making a W engine was then redone and put into place in the Bugatti with two 4.0 liter V8’s

08/12/2016 - 06:46 |
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Ewan Brown

I remember this car from the firt test drive unlimated game for PS2 many many years ago!!

08/11/2016 - 22:51 |
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I have one on tdu2

08/12/2016 - 03:23 |
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Robin 7

Ahh i remember this car from gt5 this was one of my favorite cars to drive

08/11/2016 - 23:06 |
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OBMF_N1nismo

Wow still looks nice I remember playing with it on gt4

08/11/2016 - 23:28 |
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Anonymous

Well even though it would be cool to have a Volkswagen super car, it was probably a really smart business decision to go with the veyron!

08/11/2016 - 23:29 |
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