The Volkswagen Phaeton was a big luxury cruiser built by Volkswagen on a shared platform with the Bentley Continental GT and Flying Spur. The Phaeton shared engines with the Audi A8, but attempted to offer a Mercedes S-Class luxury experience at an E-Class price. Today the Phaeton offers luxury and prestige for the price of […]
The Volkswagen Pheaton was the product of an insane era when Volkswagen AG (short for Aktiengesellschaft, which translates in the original German to coil pack baker) was shipping cars like free beer at Oktoberfest. The concept of the $100k Volkswagen is attributed to none other than Ferdinand Piëch, who has a car collection like Jay […]
The Roman poet Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) wrote in Book II of his epic poem Metamorphoses about the god Phaeton who was bold and brave, but in an attempt to prove his godliness, drove a flaming ‘sun chariot’ out of control and Zeus (the big cheese of the gods) had to destroy him with a […]