Volkswagen Phaeton Volkswagen Phaeton The Volkswagen Phaeton () ("Typ" 3D) is a Full-size (F-segment in Europe) luxury sedan/saloon manufactured by the German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen, described by Volkswagen as their "premium class" vehicle. Introduced at the 2002 Geneva Motor Show, the Phaeton was marketed worldwide. Sales in North America ended in 2006. Sales globally ended in 2016. The name Phaeton derives from Phaëton, the son of Phoebus (or Helios) in Greek mythology, by way of the phaeton auto body style and the type of horse-drawn carriage that preceded it. Production ended in March 2016 and an all-electric second generation was slated to
HMS Phaeton (1883) 1914. Mr Frank Bibby, gave the charity money to buy the "Phaeton" and to refit her at Birkenhead as a training ship. The "Phaeton" was renamed TS "Indefatigable" and moored off New Ferry in Liverpool on 15 January 1914. The previous "Indefatigable" had been condemned by the Inspector of Training Ships in 1912 as unfit, and was towed to the West Float at Birkenhead on 5 January 1914, and sold for scrap on 26 March. The figurehead of William IV from the old "Indefatigable" was transferred to the ex-"Phaeton". An Admiralty warrant for a Blue Ensign defaced with a liver