20 Jahre Volkswagen Phaeton - Volkswagen shows the never built successor for the first time
Quelle: AUTOMOTOTV (Glomex)
He was a car for connoisseurs, individualists, and epicures: 20 years ago, Volkswagen launched the Phaeton. The luxury sedan fascinated from 2002 with a sovereign-calm character, excellent comfort, high-tech features, and impressive manufacturing quality. With the Phaeton, Volkswagen ventured into the luxury car class for the first time and immediately proved premium competence: The Phaeton radiated across the entire brand and served as a pioneer for further premium products such as Touareg and Arteon. In 2016, the farewell came: The brand management decided to discontinue the sedan in favor of a consistent realignment towards electromobility – while the successor with the project name "Phaeton D2"01 was already in the starting blocks.