The (Typ 3D) a full-size sedan/saloonhttps://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/en/press-releases/20-years-of-the-phaeton-for-the-first-time-volkswagen-shows-the-successor-that-was-never-built-8056 "5.06 metres long, 1.90 metres wide, 1.45 metres high – these dimensions alone meant a place for the Phaeton among its competitors in the luxury segment.

A phaeton is a style of open automobile without any fixed weather protection, which was popular from the 1900s until the 1930s.