Phaeton's Horse Power

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THE word Phaeton is indeed fascinating. It stems from Greek mythology when Phaeton, son of Helios the sun god, insisted on taking control of the magnificent sun carriage drawn by wild horses. The horses got the upper hand and the carriage was out of control, but godfather Zeus was on hand to halt the carriage and save Phaeton.

The name later cropped up in the 19th Century when a Phaeton was a carriage often driven by the owner.

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Phaeton's Horse Power

But these days Phaeton is the flagship Volkswagen - a hand- finished limo built in a glass-walled factory in Dresden where top- line s...

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