Volkswagen's last attempt at a luxury car, the Phaeton, was a great car that nobody paid any attention to. Its second stab at the market is more reasonably priced, and much harder to miss. You either get the "coupe-sedan" thing or you don't. On Wheels gets it. It's a Euro-style thang....

Is Volkswagen's compact crossover just a Rabbit on stilts? Sort of. But that's not a bad thing. Volkswagen hasn't been in the SUV business for very long, and when the Touareg was introduced in 2003 it was a departure for the brand in more ways than one.  Contrary to VW's people's-car...