Volkswagen has been working on a new global platform that will underpin a large variety of their models. And as a part of these efforts to streamline manufacturing and assembly to help cut production costs, reports are saying that the “people’s car” make will be expanding the Passat’s lineup. The new up and coming platform [...]
When Volkswagen introduced the CC four years ago, they took the world by storm by creating a Mercedes-Benz CLS for the masses. And because it’s been four years since the CC first debuted, Volkswagen has just fully revealed the mid-cycle refresh for the CC here at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show. Taking heavily from [...]
At the 2011 LA Auto Show later this month, Volkswagen will unveil the new 2013 CC, which gets a minor redesign for the new model year. “When the Volkswagen CC debuted four years ago, it was the first affordably priced four-door coupe on sale in the U.S,” Volkswagen said in a statement. “What looked at [...]
Mercedes-Benz is well known for having pioneered the four-door-coupe segment, and has had at this market all alone for quite some time. However, other luxury automakers like Audi, Porsche and even BMW are catching on to the coupe-ish sedan profile and are looking to get a piece of the pie. But what if you”re looking [...]
According to “sources” in German, Volkswagen is looking to expand its Passat CC range with the additions of an estate version – better known to us Americans as a station wagon. We already know that the next-generation Passat in the United States will be replaced by the upcoming New Midsize Sedan, which will not offer [...]
After request from customers, Volkswagen is now offering the Passat CC with an optional rear bench seating creating room for five passengers. “The new rear bench fulfils all necessary safety aspects with its third head restraint and three-point seat belt at the centre position,” Volkswagen said in a statement. “In addition, the folding backrest is [...]
Volkswagen of America announced today that the 2009 Volkswagen CC received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Top Safety Pick award for 2009. To qualify for Top Safety Pick, a vehicle must earn the highest rating of good in the Institute’s front, side, and rear tests and be equipped with electronic stability control, which is standard [...]
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 [...]
