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Wheels and Tyres Guide - General Information

Technical conditions

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The wheel and tyre combinations and conversions listed in the tables of the individual vehicles refer exclusively to genuine wheel rims. Approval of wheel and tyre combinations or a change to wheels from the accessories trade is not possible with the certificate statement attached here. Tubeless radial tyres may only be fitted to rims with a safety hump feature on the shoulder. Tyres with run-flat properties (reinforced side walls) may only be used on disc-type wheels with an extended hump and on vehicles with a tyre pressure monitoring system → Chapter. If the wheel and tyre combinations listed are used, the associated tyre inflation pressures must be adhered to. Tyre pressure information is located on the tyre pressure plate on the inside of the tank flap or on the driver side B-pillar. Sufficient clearance to the wheels and tyres at parts of the wheel housing, suspension and braking system is assured if the notes and specifications established in the certificate statement are observed in all operating conditions. Unless otherwise stated, snow chains may only be fitted to the drive wheels. On all-wheel drive vehicles, however, only the front wheels may be fitted with snow chains.

Additional wheel housing extensions (flaps)
For type approval technical reasons some vehicles require wheel housing extensions (flaps) on the wing or bumper -arrows- when using certain wheel and tyre combinations.

Please check if there is a requirement to remove the flaps.

The information is located in the overview table for the respective vehicle.
Technical conditions

Load-carrying capacity depending on vehicle speed, winter tyres

Maximum speeds for V and Extra Load (XL) winter tyres

Vehicle Version Type of drivetrain Max. axle load Winter tyres vmax with V winter tyres
Phaeton 2003 > 3.2l V6 177 kW Saloon Front-wheel drive 1,420 kg 235/60 R 16,100V 240 km/h
Short and long wheelbase 235/55 R 17 99V 235 km/h
235/50 R 18,101V extra load 240 km/h
245/45 R 19 102V extra load 230 km/h
255/40 R 19,100V extra load 240 km/h
Phaeton 2003 > 3.0l V6 TDI 165 kW Saloon 4Motion 1,490 kg 235/55 R 17 99V 220 km/h
Short and long wheelbase 235/50 R 18,101V extra load 240 km/h
245/45 R 19 102V extra load 230 km/h
255/40 R 19,100V extra load 230 km/h
Phaeton 2003 > 4.2l V8 246 kW Saloon 4Motion 1,430 kg 235/55 R 17 99V 235 km/h
Short wheelbase 235/50 R 18,101V extra load 240 km/h
245/45 R 19 102V extra load 230 km/h
255/40 R 19,100V extra load 240 km/h
Phaeton 2003 > 4.2l V8 246 kW Saloon 4Motion 1,450 kg 235/55 R 17 99V 230 km/h
Long wheelbase 235/50 R 18,101V extra load 240 km/h
245/45 R 19 102V extra load 230 km/h
255/40 R 19,100V extra load 240 km/h
Phaeton 2003 > 5.0l V10 TDI 230 kW short wheelbase Saloon 4Motion 1,640 kg 235/50 R 18,101V extra load 210 km/h
Phaeton 2003 > 5.0l V10 TDI 230 kW long wheelbase Saloon 4Motion 1,650 kg 235/50 R 18,101V extra load 210 km/h
Phaeton 2003 > 6.0l W12 309 kW Saloon 4Motion 1,550 kg 235/50 R 18,101V extra load 235 km/h
245/45 R 19 102V extra load 230 km/h
Short and long wheelbase 255/40 R 19,100V extra load 220 km/h

Registration regulations in the Federal Republic of Germany

Only when winter tyres are in use may the top speed that a vehicle can achieve be greater than the maximum speed specified by the speed symbol of the tyre.

In this case, a label stating the following must be attached:
Important! Winter tyres!
Maximum speed … km/h
Note

This label must be clearly visible to the driver!

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