Phaeton body Volkswagen introduced a vehicle with the name Phaeton, which has a typical four-door sedan body style. Phaeton body A phaeton is a style of open automobile without any fixed weather protection, which was popular from the 1900s until the 1930s. It is an automotive equivalent of the horse-drawn fast, lightweight phaeton carriage. A popular style in the USA from the mid–1920s and continuing into the first half of the 1930s was the dual cowl phaeton, with a cowl separating the rear passengers from the driver and front passenger. Phaetons fell from favour when closed cars and convertible body styles became
HMS Phaeton (1782) awarded the survivors to that date of all the vessels at the battle, including "Phaeton", the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "1 June 1794". In September, "Phaeton" came under the command of Captain Stopford. In May 1795 "Phaeton" escorted Princess Caroline of Brunswick to England. Then began what would become a spectacular string of prize-taking. During Stopford's service in the Channel, "Phaeton" captured some 13 privateers and three vessels of war, and also recovered numerous vessels that the French had taken. On 10 March 1796, "Phaeton" engaged and captured the French corvette "Bonne Citoyenne" off Cape Finisterre. She was