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Volkswagen Phideon appeared on the Russian market

Volkswagen Phideon appeared on the Russian market
Of course, we are talking about parallel imports again. This car is sold only in the Chinese market, and one of the major Russian dealers brought the batch from there. The cost of a car of the last year of release, but without mileage - 6,15 million rubles.


Phideon belongs to the class of "business" sedans. At home, he competes with the Audi A6, the dimensions of which he copies almost completely, and many local Chinese cars. The presence of the Volkswagen brand in the name makes you think that this is a car for the European market. But it's not. The car is assembled at a joint venture between Volkswagen and SAIC near Shanghai and has never been officially sold outside of China.

Equipment details


The basic version of Fideon was brought to Russia. It is equipped with a two-liter petrol turbo engine with four cylinders. Power - 244 liters. with., front-wheel drive only. The gearbox is a seven-speed robotic, also without alternatives.

На российском рынке появились Volkswagen Phideon
Perhaps more powerful versions will be delivered later. Photo: YouTube.com

In more expensive versions of this car, there may be a “turbo-six” with 300 hp. With. or a hybrid power plant. There is also an all-wheel drive version, but cars with such options have not yet reached our country. Perhaps this is for the best: the price is far from democratic.

Fideon is built on the Audi platform. There is nothing strange about this: although the car is positioned as its competitor, both brands are part of the same concern. The car uses a modular MLB design and a longitudinal engine layout.

Design outside and inside


Volkswagen Phideon has been in production since 2016. As planned, it should look and feel like the ideological heir to the Phaeton. That sedan just in 2016 was finally discontinued. But it turned out that Fideon most of all looks like a stretched version of the latest generation Passat.

But the interior makes you think about Audi. The dashboard, if not taken from one of their cars, was definitely developed with a characteristic “handwriting”. You can’t complain about the interior equipment: there are electric seats, door closers, a night view complex and adaptive cruise control. The multimedia system supports Apple CarPlay.


Everything here is in the traditional European auto style. Photo: YouTube.com

In China, buyers can get a lot of additional options for an extra charge, from a projection screen to a mini-fridge for drinks in the second row of seats. It is not yet known in what trim levels the cars imported to Russia are offered.

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Photos used: youtube.com

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