The Volkswagen Phaeton is a car you could never make again. It's a product of a very specific time and place, and the vision of the late Ferdinand Piëch, grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, then chairman of VW, and a man with a flare for complicated engineering. This was a Volkswagen offered with both diesel V-10 and gas W-12 engine options. A Volkswagen that outdid Mercedes at its own game. And one with the most hilariously overcomplicated trunk mechanism.
