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VW's board decided to discontinue the Phaeton in 2016 but a near-series prototype was already completed, staying hidden for all those years

The Phaeton Was Volkswagen’s Doomed Venture Into The Premium Class

The fully functional model you see in the official photos came out of the shadowy garage of VW’s design office, showing us what could have been. Codenamed “Phaeton D2”, it was designed by Marco Pavone , and Tomasz Bachorski , selected amongst four different proposals. The model appears to be slightly longer than the 5,060 mm ofStyling-wise it has traditional three-box proportions, and plenty of chrome accents contrasting the highly-reflective black paint.

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