29. June 2002
Volkswagen revealed that the Nardo supercar project (originally called W12) finally came to an end. When Ferdinand Piech was still in charge of the company, he insisted to put the controversial VW-brand supercar into small-scale production, despite of doubts about who will buy a VW supercar. He poured tenths of millions of Deutsch marks into the project, even built a prototype to set category long-distance speed records. Now new boss Bernd Pischetsrieder finally admitted the car has well passed its sell-by-date (the Giugiaro-styled concept car was first shown in motor show in 1997) and decided to terminate the program.
Volkswagen revealed that the Nardo supercar project (originally called W12) finally came to an end. When Ferdinand Piech was still in charge of the company, he insisted to put the controversial VW-brand supercar into small-scale production, despite of doubts about who will buy a VW supercar. He poured tenths of millions of Deutsch marks into the project, even built a prototype to set category long-distance speed records. Now new boss Bernd Pischetsrieder finally admitted the car has well passed its sell-by-date (the Giugiaro-styled concept car was first shown in motor show in 1997) and decided to terminate the program.
