Last February one
of the guys over at VW Vortex visited the Transparent Factory in Dresden, Germany where the VW Phaeton is built. We
thought we’d mark the occasion of the Phaeton’s withdrawal from North America with his
virtual photo tour of the factory to see how the grandest
of all Volkswagens is built. The factory itself is stunning, the architecture being comprised mainly of glass walls
supported by an exposed stainless steel structure and hard wooden “basketball court” type floors. It truly
is the cleanest factory we have ever seen and it gives one a new respect for the Phaeton, a car that North American
critics loved to pan but has been pretty well received in Europe where it will continue to be sold.
Some of
our favorite pics are after the jump…
[via RideRoom]