One of the finest cars VW ever made, yet the sales failed to reflect how great the car is. Many blame the VW brand for poor sales, but nobody truly looked at the interior to make a judgment. Well here comes re-judgment day!
Stated below is a list of problems that went wrong with the interior of the Phaeton.
1. Too many straight lines. Straight lines are identified starting from the steering wheel, extending to the dashboard, the seats, the armrests, the buttons, the gear lever, the seat linings, the seats, the door panels, the...
2. Round elements are identified on the edge of the steering wheel, the dials, the clock, the radio control buttons, the tweeters at the side of the doors, the cabin lamps.
3. This makes the car 99.72365% of straight lines and 0.27635% of circles, forming a perfect number symmetry which defines the car's technical nature, a VW element in design
4. There are no aircon vents, resulting in a small reduction in straight lines used to achieve the number symmetry as mentioned above.
5. If you actually find this post boring, that's because the interior car shots are making us write this way.
So the VW Phaeton is a very clever, technical car for those willing to buy an expensive car, full of gadgets, yet looking inexpensive at all. It is in fact a very clever way to conceal your wealth, to show you can't afford a Merc or BMW. It is also the highest attainment of intelligence for the choice of car, just so that the less informed imbeciles would go for the Merc while you can sit comfortably in your value for money gadget. It's very much like how to describe a Casio watch-reliability, SOME brand value, little image value, very gadgety, very advanced, and good built quality. This only difference lies in their sales, so there you go for that extra bit of exclusivity for the car.
On a serious note, I could actually forgive the untasteful interior, exterior, that VW brand value and go for the Phaeton very much like how I would go for Casio watches. Makes most sense doesn't it? 
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A direct competitor to the over-accomplishing RR Phantom, the Bentley Continental Flying Spur was a refreshing piece of design to distinguish the separation of Rolls Royce and Bentley models since the marque was sold to Volkswagen. While BMW managed to recapitulate the fundamental essence of the Rolls Royce brand, this Bentley, unfortunately, has been accused of being nothing but just a big VW. Well, let's do some justice and judge it by its interior.
In comparison with the Phantom we reviewed earlier, the Bentley is filled with familiar looking VW switchgear, even though the cabin is nothing short of plushness. Shown in two colour schemes in the pictures below, the Bentley looks rather ordinary compared to the Phantom, which really exudes a very special feeling the minute you step into the cabin. I mean if you were to blindfold me into the Bentley and remove my blindfold when I'm in, I might easily be mistaken that I'm in a VW, a Merc, or even a Hyundai Genesis/Equus. But for the Rolls Royce, it's just one notch above.
For the money you'd pay, I had rather get a Phantom. And if you wanted to get a gadget laden car which the VW, oops I mean Bentley tries to be, I'll get a flagship S-Class in place of it. It's cheaper you see, you don't pay that amount for a big German saloon...
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