Volkswagen Phaeton History

Full-size luxury car · 2004–2006

Catalog record

Photography for this nameplate has not yet cleared the archive’s licensing and identity checks. The researched text below remains available while the page stays out of search and advertising inventory.

History

The Phaeton was Volkswagen's attempt at a true luxury flagship, sharing engineering with the Bentley Continental and offering a W12 engine and elaborate engineering.

Sold in the US only briefly (2004–2006), it struggled to justify a luxury price under the mainstream VW badge and was withdrawn from the US market. // Source: Wikipedia "Volkswagen Phaeton" — US sales 2004–2006 (V8 and W12 only); North American sales ended after MY2006.

Body styles

Sedan

Collect the nameplate

Find a scale model of the Volkswagen Phaeton

Search Amazon across available years, colors, and scales. Exact releases vary, so confirm the listing before ordering.