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 (1782) up. The Nagasaki Harbour Incident plays a role in the novel "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet" by David Mitchell. However this depiction is highly fictionalised; the ship in the novel is "HMS Phoebus", the incident occurs in 1800 and finding no Dutch ships the "Phoebus" of the novel bombards Dejima. The Nagasaki Harbour Incident plays a role in the novel "Blood of Tyrants" by Naomi Novik. This depiction is historical fantasy; the Japanese sink HMS "Phaeton" with dragons stationed at Nagasaki at the time. Notes Citations References HMS Phaeton (1782) HMS "Phaeton" was a 38-gun, "Minerva"-class fifth rate