How ironic is it that the next-generation Volkswagen Phaeton, a German-born vehicle if there ever was one, will be sent to the US and Chinese markets and not to the vehicle's home continent of Europe. It's even more perplexing considering that the first-generation Phaeton was such a sales flop in America (the company only managed to sell 2,253 units in the country).

According to Autocar, the new Phaeton looks to be a car that will be made for America and China where the high-end VW sedan is rumored to come with a platform that's similar to the Audi A6L, a car that incidentally was released exclusively for the Chinese market.

As far as the US-bound Phaeton is concerned, Volkswagen->ke94 is looking at building the car with a styling and mechanical set-up that's geared towards the US market, which would mean that the Phaeton is more likely to come as a bigger size and a more aggressive approach that's far from the previous models of the Phaeton, which were more on the conservative side.

As far as seeing the next-generation Phaeton in Europe is concerned, VW is still likely to release units in the market, but for now, the emphasis is to tailor the car for the US and Chinese markets, which VW is hoping will have a better showing than the previous incarnation ever did.

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