Saab hasn’t really been eating up any positive headlines as of lately. However, this piece of new should give the Swedish automaker a little boost of confidence. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced today that the 2011 Saab 9-5 has received its Top Safety Pick Award after earning a rating of good for performance [...]
Some say it will be an overgrown Jetta or that it will replace the current Passat and will look a lot like the Passat CC. Details are still unclear about a new Volkswagen upper-medium sedan that has been confirmed to be built at its new U.S. plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. However, Automotive News Europe did [...]
Volkswagen showed its new Super CC Performance Concept at the 2008 SEMA Auto Show today. Volkswagen’s design team gave the CC a sleek exterior treatment with black chrome accents and gray pearl paint. The body kit consists of a new front and rear bumper, side panels and a motorized aluminum spoiler. Inside the Super Performance CC [...]
No longer known as the Passat CC, the Volkswagen CC will go on sale at dealerships across the nation later this fall. Pricing for the CC will begin at just under $27,000. The entry level Volkswagen CC will be badged ‘CC 2.0′ and will be powered by a 2.0 TSI engine that produces 197-hp. The [...]
Volkswagen’s new Passat CC will go on sale in North America in the fourth-quarter of 2008. Along with all the other Passat CC models, with prices starting under $27,000, Volkswagen revealed its first special-edition Passat CC model this weekend at Pebble Beach. The Volkswagen Passat CC Gold Coast Edition adds a premium touch with Pepe [...]
Ready to hit U.S. shores this September, we expected the Volkswagen Passat CC to be accepted well by the American market, however pricing will play a huge factor on the success of the model on the state side. Speaking to Automotive News Europe, Detlef Wittig, head of Volkswagen’s brand sales and marketing, said that the [...]
Volkswagen has released more images of its upcoming Passat CC, or CC or whatever you want to call it. The car will arrive in the U.S. later this year with the lineup starting with a 2.0 TSI unit that produces 197 hp and a 3.6 FSI V6 that produces 276hp. Both engines are mated with a [...]
We told you earlier this month that Volkswagen has dropped the Passat name in front of the upcoming ‘Passat CC’ that will arrive on U.S. roads this fall. However, the car is still considered a branch of the Passat lineup and is expected to generate fifth of future sales of Passat models. According to Bloomberg, [...]
Volkswagen will drop the Passat name from the Passat CC when the car arrives on U.S. roads this fall. Now known as the Volkswagen CC, the four-door-coupe from V-dub will be priced below $27,000. The CC lineup will start with a 2.0 TSI unit that produces 197 hp and a 3.6 FSI V6 that produces [...]
In an effort to stay strong in the U.S. and an ambitious plan to increase sales to 800,000 by 2018, Volkswagen is looking to offer its models to the North American market at cheaper prices. When we saw the Volkswagen Passat CC at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, we were afraid that if pricing was over [...]
