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 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: ...

Open the “Fun Automotive History” encyclopedia and thumb your way to the back. Go ahead, we’ll wait here while you get your copy off your shelf. Now that you’re there, you’ll find an entry worth ...

This 2004 Volkswagen Phaeton W12, with 87,500 miles, is in excellent condition. Featuring a Klavierlack black finish and ...

Volkswagen recently released information and images of what was supposed to be the follow-up to the Phaeton, an iconic model for the German company. Details of the Volkswagen Phaeton D2 have emerged ...

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 ...

This month marks 20 years of the Volkswagen Phaeton, a large, luxury executive saloon car that paved the way for the German marque’s Touareg and Arteon while also becoming an affordable benchmark in ...

For a century Mercedes-Benz has been the hallmark of luxury, the king of cachet, the E=mc2 of elegance. Then Volkswagen—Volkswagen!—dared to toss its hat into the big luxury-car ring. The question is, ...

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 ...