Volkswagen did something pretty remarkable today by releasing pictures of the Phaeton D2 near-series prototype.

Originally slated to become the next-generation luxury sedan, the project was killed by Volkswagen’s Supervisory Board because they wanted to focus on electric mobility. While its death was likely a wise move, it begs the question of which other killed cars do you want to see?

One that has always piqued my curiosity is the ill-fated Buick crossover that has become known as the Vue-ick. That’s a fitting name for the model as following Saturn’s death, Buick was set to offer a badge engineered version of the Saturn Vue.

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The crossover was slated to be launched in late 2010 with a 2.4-liter four-cylinder and 3.0-liter V6 engine, while a plug-in hybrid variant would arrive the following year. The latter would have been one of the first plug-in hybrids and it was slated to have a 3.6-liter V6 engine, a lithium-ion battery pack, two electric motors, and an electric-only range in excess of 10 miles (16 km).

Despite an official announcement and the release of a teaser image, the model was scrapped less than a month later following heavy criticism of the blatant badge engineering. At the time, GM’s vice chairman of global product development said officials were “struck by the consistency of the criticism” and they reacted swiftly to “prevent a potential underperformer from reaching the marketplace.”

While the Vue-ick likely wouldn’t have been exciting, there’s always the question of how bad the model really was. Did the media overreact or did we save consumers from a dud?  It’s hard to be certain without seeing full photos of the crossover.

Of course, the Vue-ick isn’t the only model to get the axe late in the game as the Subaru Tribeca-based Saab 9-6X was finally revealed in 2011. A few years later, pictures of a Saab 9-3 prototype surfaced showing what the company could have offered had it survived.

That being said, it’s rare for cancelled models to be publicly revealed so let us know which ill-fated vehicles you’d like to see.