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Volkswagen Plans To Sell Majority Of CC's In US, Would Sell Better As Cu. In.

The attractive Volkswagen Passat CC, which VW plans to sell as merely the Volkswagen CC despite America's resistance to the metric system, will be going on sale in the US this September and the company apparently has big plans for the "four-door coupe." In a conversation with Automotive News Europe, a VW exec was quoted as saying that the US is expected to make up 60% of the CC's sales. Though we like the look of the new CC in person, that's a pretty steep number for a more-expensive Passat.

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3:40 PM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Matt Hardigree
1,503 views, 21 comments

Latest by SigmundTheSeaMonster: Any word on a diesel Golf '09 ? more »

beijing motor show

Ghangzhou Auto Coupe Cabrolet Concept For When The Sun Is Shining Or The Clouds Are Raining Acid

Unlike Chery, Geely or Great Wall, China's Ghangzhou auto (GAG) isn't well known in the west. This is because the company currently focuses on producing domestic market Accords for Honda and Camrys for Toyota. Though we've seen some wild concepts from the company, including the GAG A-HEV Hybrid, we haven't seen much in the way of production. Thus it was surprising to see the new Coupe Cabriolet concept, which looks close to a vehicle that could see production using Guangzhou motors or something sourced from a Japanese partner. This model would compete with the BYD F8, made by our old friends at Build Your Dreams.

[The Tycho]

7:30 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Matt Hardigree
944 views, 36 comments

Latest by geeniusatwrok: ew. old shitty US Escort... what the hell was it? ZX2? 2-dr POS meets VW Eos. abort! abort! abort! more »

new cars

Ford Summons Black Magic for Focus CC, Gains +6 XP

Ford of Europe hopes that this special "Black Magic" editionFord Focus Coupe Cabriolet will serve as a saving throw in the face of an onslaught of European competitors and raging orcs. What does this "Black Magic" actually entail? The exterior gets the pitch black treatment with a special paint, darker 17-inch alloys and tinted headlights/foglights. The suspension is tuned slightly sportier and you have a choice of either the 145 horsepower 2.0-Liter gas mill or the 136 horsepower 2.0-Liter turbodiesel.

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3:30 PM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,168 views, 43 comments

Latest by westfieldind: @Ash78: My 03 SVT Focus manages 170 hp from a 2.0L Zetec, albeit beefed up a bit but still naturally aspirated. more »

new cars

Volkswagen Passat CC Shall Be Known Merely As VW CC

If you haven't seen the Volkswagen Passat CC in person, you may not be able to appreciate the muscular beauty of the "four dour coupe" that's headed towards US shores. No one could give us a straight answer for what CC stood for, though most assumed "concept coupe," despite the fact the car is obviously a sedan. Either way, we heard a rumor it was to be merely the Volkswagen CC. Now we have a conformation, of sorts, from the VW website, which is now proudly proclaiming the "CC" for 2008.

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4:06 PM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Matt Hardigree
3,999 views, 35 comments

Latest by Packa: Apparently even VW isn't a 100% on the CC name, either that or they haven't finished cleaning up their web site: Scrolling through the photo gallery to the tailight, it's refered to as the "Passat CC tailightts:" [www.vw.com] What a good looking car, more »

gossip

Audi A5 Sportback Possibly in Works

AutoBild is reporting (in German) that in calendar week 13 of 2009, Audi has a new model in the werks dubbed the A5 Sportback. Little is known about this possible new offering, but Autobild is going against the prevailing wisdom that the Sportback will be a wagon-like offering, saying it will compete in the emerging swoopy sedan category currently populated by the Mercedes CLS, pending Porsche Panamera and recently revealed Volkswagen Passat CC. While we're on the subject of the Passat CC, if this speculation is accurate, we're thinking this is V-Dub doing it's platform prostitution best with that new curvy roof line. We'll keep our ear to the ground for more details. [Autobild [translated] via Germancarblog]

9:16 PM on Thu Jan 24 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
3,102 views, 19 comments

Latest by Turboner: I was just thinking, Audi does need a few more models in the lineup. more »

detroit auto show

Detroit Auto Show: We Get The Down Low On The Passat CC


The PR people at VeeDub were more than happy to give us a walk through of the black Volkswagen CC, which looks even better than the silver model. Though it's called the Passat CC, and will be likely thought of as a Passat, the current talk is that they'll drop the Passat moniker and offer it as the next step up for VW buyers that didn't go for Phaeton and would otherwise get an Audi or BMW. And we included a close up of the doors for those that asked.Who loves you?

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9:45 AM on Wed Jan 16 2008
By Matt Hardigree
1,573 views, 29 comments

Latest by Stoatmaster: @ash78: The best one is in the centre of Berlin. Starts off with a window of Skoda, then VW, and eventually goes round the corner into a shopping arcade, where it continues with a Bentley and finally a Bugatti window. Very odd indeed. Odd more »

detroit auto show

Detroit Auto Show: 2009 VW Passat CC Joins the Self Parking Party

Here's a tidbit we missed from the 2009 Volkswagen Passat CC live reveal on Sunday. It seems that VW is stepping up to the Lexus challenge and introducing an auto-park feature for the swoopy sedan with the coupe-like roof. eGMcartech is reporting on this interesting development, while we're left hoping it's at least faster at automatically making you do it yourself.

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4:45 PM on Tue Jan 15 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,602 views, 8 comments

Detroit Auto Show: The kids (like apexpredator) are loving the VW Passat CC's interior. But do the curtains match the drapes?

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detroit auto show

Detroit Auto Show: Volkswagen Passat CC Four-Door Coupe Live

Volkswagen needs a bit more luxury and, with the less than stellar performance by the Phaeton, you may be looking at it. Chris Doane, our intrepid photographer, managed to grab views from the floor of this new sleek coupe. Getting the jump on Ford, VW will be offering the Passat CC exclusively with direct injection engines "worldwide." That means the US will be getting a 200 horsepower 2.0 liter TSI and 280 horsepower V6 FSI. All of the V6's will be offered with full-time 4MOTION all-wheel drive as standard equipment.

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1:15 PM on Sun Jan 13 2008
By Matt Hardigree
7,897 views, 22 comments

Latest by n/a: Now we're talking Fahrwegnugen. Mmm-mmm: finally, A VW I could sleep with. Ahhhh more »

detroit auto show

Detroit Auto Show: Volkswagen Passat CC

Volkswagen is still trying to grab the luxury car brass ring that slipped through their grasp with the Phaeton. So be it. This time out though, instead of going after S-Classes and 7-Series, VW wants to grab steal from the likes of the Mercedes-Benz CLS (and Audi's A6, though die Volks don't want us talking 'bout that). However, instead of making a swoopy "4-door coupe" like MB did, the Passat CC looks like someone dragged an Infiniti M45 out behind the chicken coop and beat it with a ruler. For reals, have you ever seen so many straight lines? The front resembles a buffed-out Sebring hood sitting atop an R8's headlights. Still, the rear of the CC is quite fetching and we're considering getting married to in that glorious back seat.

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12:30 PM on Sun Jan 13 2008
By Jonny Lieberman
7,734 views, 19 comments

Latest by lascauxcaveman: That looks almost as nice as the Skoda you guys showed us the other day. And I mean that in a good way. Tone down the grille and the 'just making busy' lines on the bow and its more »

and they call him the rollerman, yes that's what he is

Rollerman Races 600cc Motorbike, Wins

His name is Jean-Yves Blondeau. He's a Frenchman with a penchant for turning himself into a human bowling ball with a specially designed suit. Click through to the video to see how he's able to put a 600cc motorbike to shame with a bunch of rollerblade wheels slapped onto his protective exo-skeleton. [Gizmodo]

8:30 AM on Wed Aug 8 2007
By Ray Wert
2,617 views, 13 comments