Volkswagen Phaeton D2

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Phaeton D2 — a stunning concept that never saw production.

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 Phaeton through, it's nobody's definition of a success. But the recent emergence of a successor—the Volkswagen Phaeton D2, a near-production concept stymied by the company's strategic shift towards e-mobility—raises the question of what might have happened if VW had given its ultra-lux sedan another go.