Obviously there was the W12 Phaeton flagship, the incredibly rare twelve-cylinder Touareg, and the Passat W8 we have waiting ...

The Volkswagen Group expanded the usage of the W12 further by introducing the power plant in the Phaeton full-size luxury sedan – a brainchild of the then VW Group chairman Ferdinand Piëch. Designed ...

while the thirsty but refined 6.0 W12 starts at just under £10,000. The cheapest facelifted car we could find was a 4,500-mile, 61-plate 3.0 TDI, at £23,995. Although the Phaeton wears well ...