The Phideon is positioned above the Passat and the Magotan.
The five metre saloon car has a charismatic front end, and paves the way for the future design of Volkswagen’s top-of-the-range saloons.
The new Phideon was developed in Germany with the assistance of VW’s Chinese partner SAIC Volkswagen.
The saloon will be offered with TSI engines (turbocharged petrol engines) and a plug-in hybrid drive is also planned.
In Beijing, Volkswagen unveiled the flagship model in the series: the four-wheel drive Phideon 3.0 TSI 4MOTION with 300PS.
This high-tech Phideon is the first Volkswagen to use a camera-based night vision system.
The Phideon’s luxurious rear passenger compartment also makes it an ideal chauffeur-driven limousine.
It is the first Volkswagen to be based on the Modular Longitudinal Matrix (MLB).
The Phideon is derived almost directly from the C Coupé GTE concept car, which was presented at Auto Shanghai in 2015.
Its name – Phideon – is a construct standing for elegance and reliability, and phonetically and symbolically evokes Fides, the Roman goddess of fidelity.
