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Production chronology2001–2016
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
Wikipedia infobox ↗16 years
← Volkswagen
Volkswagen / Model record
VolkswagenPhaeton
Production2001–2016
Recorded originGermany
ClassLarge Cars
Background
The Volkswagen Phaeton is a full-size 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 and global sales ended in 2016.
Text adapted from “Volkswagen Phaeton” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
US EPA model years2004–2006
Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.
EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Canadian NRCan model years2004–2006
Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Natural Resources Canada ↗3 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations2002–2016
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗15 years