The basic problem with the VW Phaeton is its image— many people, despite their inflated income level, would find it hard to drop almost $100K for a Volkswagen, given the fact that they could drop the ...

The arguments for and against Volkswagen's entry into the premium luxury market began long before the Phaeton was debuted at the 2002 Geneva Show. Where your, or anyone else's, sentiments lie is moot: ...

The massively over-engineered Volkswagen Phaeton celebrates its 20th birthday this year, and to commemorate the occasion VW is showing off a never-before-seen 2016 design prototype for a second-gen ...

The Volkswagen Phaeton is one of those cars that, at least on some level, everyone who knows it exists wants to experience. It's basically a Bentley with a Volkswagen badge, and these days, even a ...

The original Volkswagen Phaeton was a remarkable case study of how a brand attempted, through sheer force of will, to stretch its nameplate upmarket. Of course, whatever lens you examine the original ...

The Phaeton is just another example of a VW failed scheme. I'll admit that the interior is nice, but for nearly 100k everything about this car is inferior. My company briefly leased one of these ...

Volkswagen literally means “the people’s car” in German, yet two decades ago it decided to roll out a luxury saloon and compete with the likes of Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and BMW. The German marque ...

In 20 years of writing about automobiles, I've been asked a great many questions, but never "Why doesn't Volkswagen build a big $80,000 luxury car?" In a sense Volkswagen does. Strategic partner Audi ...

DETROIT - Volkswagen dealers were upset when the automaker only made 330 Phaeton W-12s available for sale in the United States. They wanted Volkswagen of America to pledge more of the models with the ...