Description: Full-Size Luxury Sedan
Base MSRP Range: $66,700 - $101,300
Invoice Price Range: $61,194 - $92,801
Where built: Germany

The full-size Volkswagen sedan amounts to an ultra-premium limousine on a stretched wheelbase with luxury gear aboard. VW's 4Motion all-wheel-drive (AWD) system is standard, along with an air suspension, xenon high-intensity-discharge (HID) headlights, an automatic interior climate system with four-zone temperature controls, plus a navigation system and deluxe digital audio package with 12 speakers scattered around a leather-lined cabin.

Phaeton brings two powertrain options as model nomenclature follows engine patterns -- Phaeton V8 and Phaeton W12. Phaeton V8 contains a 4.2-liter V8 producing 335 hp and connecting to a six-speed automatic with Tiptronic clutch-less shifter. Phaeton W12 carries VW's W-shaped 12-cylinder engine at 6.0 liters and this year with a 24-point power boost to 444 hp through a five-speed Tiptronic automatic.

Also new for 2006 is the option of Active Cruise Control (ACC) on either V8 or W12 model, along with Bluetooth cell phone preparation.