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) men. She was one day out of Bordeaux and had captured nothing. A week later, "Anson" and "Phaeton" captured the 32-gun privateer "Flore" after a 24-hour-long chase. Stopford, in his letter, described "Flore" as a frigate of 36 guns and 255 men. She was eight days out of Boulogne on a cruise. "Flore" had also served the Royal Navy in the American Revolutionary War. Then on 8 October "Phaeton" took the 16-gun privateer "Lévrier". Together with "Ambuscade" and "Stag", on 20 November she took the "Hirondelle". On 24 November 1798, "Phaeton" captured the French privateer brig "Resolue" (or "Resolu"). "Resolue"