Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well the Bentley is the ultrarich status symbol of choice here in India right now.... Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:06 PM, Jeff Moore <jbm@jbm.org> wrote: > 2008-09-26-09:29:12 Brian Reid: > > The Phaeton is still being manufactured. > > ...and note that the Bentley Continental is based on the VW Phaeton, > isn't it? (Some body and interior tweaks, stuff in a [VWAG-designed] > motor which, depending on flavor, might deliver as much as 600 HP / 553 > lb-ft and your Bentley-badged 5500-pound steel-bodied car scoots from > 0-60 MPH in 4-1/2 seconds. They don't need no stinkin' Audi A8 aluminum > body when there's entirely too much power on tap!) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >