Originally Posted by Roberto

Sad, yes but not unexpected. I always thought the Phaeton would be a dismal failure in the US - it is a market that values status-symbols over Quality - image over substance - it seems ridiculous to me that a car as great as the Phaeton will no longer be sold in the US and yet they will happily pay for the gas-guzzling Mercedes G class simply because it might impress their unsophisticated neighbours.