20 years of the Phaeton02: For the first time, Volkswagen shows the successor that was never built.

 

It was a car for connoisseurs, individualists and enthusiasts: Volkswagen launched the Phaeton on the market 20 years ago. From 2002 onwards, the luxury saloon fascinated with its confident, calm and collected character, excellent comfort, high-tech features and impressive manufacturing quality. Volkswagen took its first steps into the luxury car segment with the Phaeton and immediately proved that it was at home in this premium market. The Phaeton acted as a shining star that benefited the whole brand and paved the way for other premium products such as the Touareg and Arteon. Its farewell came in 2016 when the Brand Board of Management decided to discontinue the saloon in favour of a systematic re-alignment with a focus on electric mobility – although the successor with the project name “Phaeton D2”01 was already waiting in the wings.

Tomasz Bachorski, Jozef Kaban, Marco Pavone (f. l. t. r.) at the Phaeton D2 (Concept car)
View into the interior of the Phaeton D2.

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