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In 2002, the manufacturer stated the annual capacity of the new Phaeton plant at Dresden was 20,000; by September 2006 a four-year total of 25,000 had been built, with production running at approximately 6,000 cars annually.
The domestic market was the Phaeton's strongest, with 19,314 Phaetons delivered in Germany alone by January 2009.
Production decreased to 10,190 cars in 2012 and 5,812 in 2013.
In Phaeton's production run that lasted 15 years, 84,253 units were built.
In Canada, 93 Phaetons were sold in 2004, and in the first eight months of 2005, only 21 found owners.
In the United States market, 1,433 Phaetons were sold in 2004, and 820 were sold in 2005, leading the company to announce that sales in the North American market would end after the 2006 model year.
The W12 engined models have depreciated significantly, and sell for a small fraction of their original cost.
The Phaeton debuted at prices comparable to similar offerings from Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Lexus and the Volkswagen Group's own Audi A8 (which shared its powertrain with the Phaeton).
Motor Trend suggested that the "VW badge on the hood may not say 'premium' to many auto shoppers" but they were impressed at how the Phaeton drove.
In January 2011, Volkswagen reported the possibility of bringing the Phaeton back to the United States in the car's next product cycle.
In Autumn 2013, The Economist placed Phaeton into the report on Europe's biggest loss making cars.
In October 2014, Top Gear Magazine placed the Phaeton on its list of "The worst cars you can buy right now."
In 2008, Volkswagen released the first update to the Phaeton.
Subtle design changes were made by the introduction of chrome fog light covers and cherry red rear lights.
The CD-based navigation system was upgraded to a DVD system, and the 3.0 V6 TDI engine had its power increased from 222 to 230bhp.
The German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder chose Phaeton to be his official state car in his second term from 2002 to 2005.
The reason is widely thought to be that before becoming chancellor, he previously served as the Minister-President of Lower Saxony in 1990–1998, where Volkswagen is headquartered in the city of Wolfsburg and is a major employer in the state, also Lower Saxony state government owns several shares in Volkswagen AG.
Third series (2008) (GP2)
The vehicle was unveiled in 2007 Geneva Motor Show.
Update included new LED daytime running lights, as well as a freshened centre console with revamped controls and materials.
New Fuel Stratified Injection (FSI)
V6 petrol engine with greater power and fuel efficiency (206 kW / 280 PS) which satisfy Euro-5 emissions standards is also available.
Other changes to the car for 2009 included:
three new types of alloy wheels (17, 18 and 19 inch), a slightly modified radiator grille, three new exterior colours, the new leather colour, the new wood trims, white switch illumination instead of red, accent and switch trim in the new "Warm gray" colour, an upgraded car key, makeup mirror in the rear on the LWB version, dampers optimised for low-friction,
Carbon fibre-reinforced Silicon Carbide (C/SiC) ceramic composite brakes (front) on the Phaeton W12, as well as a rearview camera (Rear Assist) and blind spot warning system Side Assist.
Fourth series (2011) (GP3)
The vehicle was unveiled in the 2010 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition.
The car for 2011 got a new front fascia to more closely resemble the Volkswagen styling direction first seen on the Golf Mk VI.
This included new LED running lights, bi-xenon headlights and a new bumper with LED fog lights.
The rear LED clusters were altered to mimic those found on facelifted Touran, Sharan, the new Touareg and the new Passat.
The interior benefited from some new technologies, but retained the 2009 MY layout.
The Phaeton was offered in two wheelbase lengths (standard and long) and two seating layouts (standard five seats and optional four seats with full centre console).
In the five-seat version, the front seats can be adjusted 12 ways.
Standard features include all wheel drive, air suspension, and four zone automatic climate control.
A multifunction steering wheel can be ordered in leather or wood leather.
The W12 engine option was deleted from the European and international markets except China where it was still offered until the end of Phaeton production in 2016.
Fifth series (2014)
(GP4)
A further, minor facelift was introduced in 2014, including exterior alterations to the front fog lights and darkened rear lights.
The interior was also updated including a new gear lever, gloss black accents around the gear lever and steering controls and the introduction of a new removable touch screen remote for rear passengers.
New technologies
Automatic Distance Control adaptive cruise control with new Stop&Go function
Front Assist collision avoidance system
Dynamic Light Assist non-glare highbeam
Traffic sign recognition that can also detect overtaking restrictions
GPS-Navigation with Google Earth
3G Mobile internet (UMTS)
Transmissions
Second generation
Before the Phaeton was discontinued in 2016, development of the second generation had already begun, with a near-production prototype already completed, which remained hidden until 2022.
Powertrain
, powertrain options for the Phaeton included the following engines.
4motion permanent four-wheel drive was the only driveline system available, except for the 2003 and 2004 model years when front wheel drive was available with the 3.2 litre engine.
Vehicles manufactured for sale in the North American market were only available with the 4.2 litre V8 and 6.0 litre W12 engine, both of which were electronically limited to .
The Phaeton features a Bosch ESP 5.7 Electronic Stability Programme, with Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS), Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD), Anti-Slip Regulation (ASR) traction control system, Electronic Differential Lock (EDL), Engine Braking Control (EBC), with emergency Brake Assist (BA).
The electronic differential lock (EDL) employed by Volkswagen is not, as the name suggests, a differential lock at all.
Sensors monitor wheel speeds across an individual driven axle, and if one wheel is rotating substantially faster than the other (i.e. slipping) the EDL system momentarily brakes it. This effectively transfers power to the other wheel.
Volkswagen was developing an electric version, but replaced it with their MEB2 platform for 2020.
See also
Volkswagen Phideon
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The 1948 Swedish speedway season was the inaugural season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden, in terms of an organised league system.
The individual championship would not be introduced until the following season.
Team
Team Championship
Filbyterna won the first league known as the Dirt Track League and they were declared the first winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship.
The Swedish teams were inspired by British speedway, including the taking of nicknames.
There were seven teams in the first league SMK Stockholm, Motorsällskapet Stockholm, Vendelsö MK (Stockholm), Nyköping MS, SMK Östgöta, Linköping MK and Kumla MSK.
Continuing the British speedway model some of the teams took nicknames, SMK Östgöta became Vargarna (the Wolves), Kumla became Indianerna (the Indians), Linköping became Filbyterna.
See also
Speedway in Sweden
Speedway leagues
Professional sports leagues in Sweden
Swedish
Seasons in Swedish speedway
“Ventilator Blues” is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones that is included on their 1972 album Exile on Main St.
Background
“Ventilator Blues” marks one of only two times guitarist Mick Taylor was given credit alongside regular Stones songwriters Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the second time being the song "Criss Cross" which was not officially released until the 2020 Deluxe Edition of the album Goats Head Soup.
In a 1973 interview with Nick Kent, Taylor stated that he wrote the song's riff.
The song features Richards playing slide guitar and acoustic guitar, Taylor on lead guitar and a resonator guitar, Jagger on vocals, Bill Wyman on bass, Charlie Watts on drums, Nicky Hopkins on piano, and Bobby Keys and Jim Price on saxophone and trumpet respectively.
The song itself is a low and lumbering blues number, with Bill Janovitz saying in his review, “the instrumental arrangement clearly aims for the Chess Studios approach.”
Jagger double tracks the lead vocal, a studio technique rarely used in Rolling Stones recordings.
Janovitz concludes, “Jagger takes the Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf inspiration of the song's origins and does his best to betray the fact that he is a skinny middle-class English kid, convincingly delivering the time-bomb lyric with appropriate swagger.”
On pianist Nicky Hopkins notable contribution, Janovitz says, “[Hopkins plays] a rhythmically complex piano part on the verses, weaving in and out of the swooping guitar lick on the first verse and then building as the arrangement continues, playing nervous, jittery right-handed upper-register trills. The pianist creates scary tension on an already claustrophobic and malevolent-sounding song.”
The song is noted for its rising and falling chord progression, punctuated by the saxophone of Bobby Keys and the trumpet and trombone of Jim Price.
Keeping beat is Charlie Watts on drums and Bill Wyman on bass who, although frequently absent during the recording sessions for Exile, made it on this occasion.
Recording and aftermath
Recording on “Ventilator Blues” began in late 1971.
Richards said, “On ‘Ventilator Blues’ we got some weird sound of something that had gone wrong - some valve or tube that had gone. If something was wrong you just forgot about it. You'd leave it alone and come back tomorrow and hope it had fixed itself. Or give it a good kick.”

In 2002, the manufacturer stated the annual capacity of the new Phaeton plant at Dresden was 20,000; by September 2006 a four-year total of 25,000 had been built, with production running at approximately 6,000 cars annually.

The domestic market was the Phaeton's strongest, with 19,314 Phaetons delivered in Germany alone by January 2009.

Production decreased to 10,190 cars in 2012 and 5,812 in 2013.

In Phaeton's production run that lasted 15 years, 84,253 units were built.

In Canada, 93 Phaetons were sold in 2004, and in the first eight months of 2005, only 21 found owners.

In the United States market, 1,433 Phaetons were sold in 2004, and 820 were sold in 2005, leading the company to announce that sales in the North American market would end after the 2006 model year.

The W12 engined models have depreciated significantly, and sell for a small fraction of their original cost.

The Phaeton debuted at prices comparable to similar offerings from Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Lexus and the Volkswagen Group's own Audi A8 (which shared its powertrain with the Phaeton).

Motor Trend suggested that the "VW badge on the hood may not say 'premium' to many auto shoppers" but they were impressed at how the Phaeton drove.

In January 2011, Volkswagen reported the possibility of bringing the Phaeton back to the United States in the car's next product cycle.

In Autumn 2013, The Economist placed Phaeton into the report on Europe's biggest loss making cars.

In October 2014, Top Gear Magazine placed the Phaeton on its list of "The worst cars you can buy right now."

In 2008, Volkswagen released the first update to the Phaeton.

Subtle design changes were made by the introduction of chrome fog light covers and cherry red rear lights.

The CD-based navigation system was upgraded to a DVD system, and the 3.0 V6 TDI engine had its power increased from 222 to 230bhp.

The German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder chose Phaeton to be his official state car in his second term from 2002 to 2005.

The reason is widely thought to be that before becoming chancellor, he previously served as the Minister-President of Lower Saxony in 1990–1998, where Volkswagen is headquartered in the city of Wolfsburg and is a major employer in the state, also Lower Saxony state government owns several shares in Volkswagen AG.

Third series (2008) (GP2)

The vehicle was unveiled in 2007 Geneva Motor Show.

Update included new LED daytime running lights, as well as a freshened centre console with revamped controls and materials.

New Fuel Stratified Injection (FSI)

V6 petrol engine with greater power and fuel efficiency (206 kW / 280 PS) which satisfy Euro-5 emissions standards is also available.

Other changes to the car for 2009 included:

three new types of alloy wheels (17, 18 and 19 inch), a slightly modified radiator grille, three new exterior colours, the new leather colour, the new wood trims, white switch illumination instead of red, accent and switch trim in the new "Warm gray" colour, an upgraded car key, makeup mirror in the rear on the LWB version, dampers optimised for low-friction,

Carbon fibre-reinforced Silicon Carbide (C/SiC) ceramic composite brakes (front) on the Phaeton W12, as well as a rearview camera (Rear Assist) and blind spot warning system Side Assist.

Fourth series (2011) (GP3)

The vehicle was unveiled in the 2010 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition.

The car for 2011 got a new front fascia to more closely resemble the Volkswagen styling direction first seen on the Golf Mk VI.

This included new LED running lights, bi-xenon headlights and a new bumper with LED fog lights.

The rear LED clusters were altered to mimic those found on facelifted Touran, Sharan, the new Touareg and the new Passat.

The interior benefited from some new technologies, but retained the 2009 MY layout.

The Phaeton was offered in two wheelbase lengths (standard and long) and two seating layouts (standard five seats and optional four seats with full centre console).

In the five-seat version, the front seats can be adjusted 12 ways.

Standard features include all wheel drive, air suspension, and four zone automatic climate control.

A multifunction steering wheel can be ordered in leather or wood leather.

The W12 engine option was deleted from the European and international markets except China where it was still offered until the end of Phaeton production in 2016.

Fifth series (2014)

(GP4)

A further, minor facelift was introduced in 2014, including exterior alterations to the front fog lights and darkened rear lights.

The interior was also updated including a new gear lever, gloss black accents around the gear lever and steering controls and the introduction of a new removable touch screen remote for rear passengers.

New technologies

Automatic Distance Control adaptive cruise control with new Stop&Go function

Front Assist collision avoidance system

Dynamic Light Assist non-glare highbeam

Traffic sign recognition that can also detect overtaking restrictions

GPS-Navigation with Google Earth

3G Mobile internet (UMTS)

Transmissions

Second generation

Before the Phaeton was discontinued in 2016, development of the second generation had already begun, with a near-production prototype already completed, which remained hidden until 2022.

Powertrain

, powertrain options for the Phaeton included the following engines.

4motion permanent four-wheel drive was the only driveline system available, except for the 2003 and 2004 model years when front wheel drive was available with the 3.2 litre engine.

Vehicles manufactured for sale in the North American market were only available with the 4.2 litre V8 and 6.0 litre W12 engine, both of which were electronically limited to .

The Phaeton features a Bosch ESP 5.7 Electronic Stability Programme, with Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS), Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD), Anti-Slip Regulation (ASR) traction control system, Electronic Differential Lock (EDL), Engine Braking Control (EBC), with emergency Brake Assist (BA).

The electronic differential lock (EDL) employed by Volkswagen is not, as the name suggests, a differential lock at all.

Sensors monitor wheel speeds across an individual driven axle, and if one wheel is rotating substantially faster than the other (i.e. slipping) the EDL system momentarily brakes it. This effectively transfers power to the other wheel.

Volkswagen was developing an electric version, but replaced it with their MEB2 platform for 2020.