At the appeal of again Volkswagen Group CEO Ferdinand Piech, Giorgetto Giugiaro and his Italdesign aggregation was tasked to architecture a Volkswagen sports car, with instructions that it had to board a 12-cylinder agent in a W configuration, be mid-engined, and additionally be able to be configured with Volkwagen's Syncro four-wheel drive system.
Another acumen for its apperception was to prove to the apple that Volkswagen Group can body a supercar and can body a ample and reliable agent for its affluence cars and sports cars, including their accepted calendar of their cars, Volkswagen Phaeton, and its action account vehicle, the Volkswagen Touareg.