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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
1,153 views, 21 comments

Latest by SigmundTheSeaMonster: Any word on a diesel Golf '09 ? 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
2,682 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
1,415 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: 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
7,165 views, 22 comments

Latest by smokes: 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
7,084 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 »

geneva auto show

The Skoda Superb Is More Than Adequate

The folks at Skoda, the Czech VW subsidiary, have always had a stellar time reworking and elongating the Passat platform to make an upper-mid-level platform for that Czech executive on the go. Now we've got photos of the next generation Skoda Superb and, hey, it's better than ordinary. In fact, propelled by VW's 1.8 TSI it's downright pretty good. It'll officially bow at the Geneva Auto Show, an event we hear is good even relative to things otherwise considered good. Press release below the jump.

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4:00 PM on Wed Jan 9 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,437 views, 20 comments

Latest by FreeMan: Cool, the headlamps can "look-round-corners"! So long as they can speak and tell me there's a very large truck coming, too, then this is an excellent feature. At least it doesn't have the VAG gaping-maw grille. That one's still more »

detroit auto show

VW Passat Coupe Teaser Site Goes Live


Those coupe-teases at Volkswagen have launched a teaser site for the new VW Coupe, which we know as the future Passat Coupe (which we've been hearing about for maybe two years. But fear not, it's coming! We also hear it'll be bowing at the Detroit Auto Show, so you wont have long to wait. Fair warning on the video, you might start having FF6 flashbacks when the music starts playing.

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9:45 AM on Mon Dec 3 2007
By Matt Hardigree
2,526 views, 12 comments

Latest by Bazza: that was 2mins of my life wasted!!! the point of a teaser is to get you excited about something... who'd wanna buy a sporty pasat!? more »

darpa grand challenge

DARPA Grand Challenge: A Battle of Wits

[Jalopnik's desert stringer Curtis Walker is following the DARPA Grand Challenge, an annual race of autonomous ground vehicles, with a serious case of the techies. We'll have his reports today on the National Qualifying Event semifinals, like this one, as soon as he can type them into his digital audio-visual receipt and transmission unit. - ed.] Among the numerous newcomers to this year's DARPA competition, Massachusetts Institute of Technology seems poised to win the imaginary award for most gizmotastically outfitted. Armed with a cool million in seed money for development, team MIT went all out with the sensors and CPUs. All told, they've got 11 Sick Lidars (Light Detection and Ranging) units, five optical cameras, 15 Delphi long-range radars, GPS and a 40-core supercomputer to run them. All this power comes at a price in the form of electricity required and heat generated. To address this, they installed a 6kW generator and a 2kW roof mounted AC unit. Perhaps even more impressive is that the 100,000 or so lines of code running on the system were all written for this event. [Next: Team Lux, and gallery.] More »

8:24 AM on Sun Oct 28 2007
7,590 views, 12 comments

Latest by Moonz0r: @JWilly48519: In regards to military desirability of destroying robotic trucks - I'm not so sure you're totally right. The first thing that came to my mind was that robotic trucks in a combat zone, while not becoming the targets more »

down on the street

1985 Volkswagen Quantum Wagon

While out on a burrito-obtainment mission on Alameda's main drag, I caught sight of a small 80s station wagon that looked somehow... odd. At first I thought it was some sort of oddball version of the Camry or maybe even a Celebrity, but when I got close I realized I was experiencing a rare VW Quantum sighting. Well, such sightings are rare in the United States, anyway. More »

9:00 AM on Fri Oct 5 2007
By Murilee Martin
6,266 views, 41 comments

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Volkswagen Passat "Coupe"

We've been hearing the gossip since 2005, that Volkswagen was building a coupe-like version of its Passat sedan. Coupe-like, of course, refers to the long, sloping roofline and head-smashing lowness of the rear door jamb, a construct made popular by the Mercedes CLS. Now, spies say they've caught the 2008 model with all but front and rear portions covered. The more upscale Passat will replace the Phaeton as the company's US flagship. That could mean partial encroachment into Audi's territory, though we hear market research indicates there's room for a new Volkswagen among buyers, ages 47 to 49 with income of between $80,000 and $81,500 who find Audi "hard to pronounce in front of friends." [Winding Road]

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7:42 AM on Tue Aug 21 2007
By Mike Spinelli
4,246 views, 23 comments

Latest by FuzzyPlushroom: I dunno if it's just me, but it looks like VW took a new Mitsubishi Galant, sawed off the back end, and welded on the tail of a '93-'98 Supra. Where'd all that Volkswagen ingenuity go to in the last more »

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Volkswagen Working With Chinese Automaker To Develop Passat Replacement

According to AFX News, VW's working with Chinese automaker Shanghai jv, the company they've got a 50-50 joint partnership with for China sales, to develop a replacement for the Passat lineup:
"Volkswagen Group said it has signed an agreement with one of its China joint ventures, Shanghai Volkswagen, to jointly develop a new car as a replacement model for its Passat brand.
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8:00 AM on Fri Jul 20 2007
By Ray Wert
618 views, 7 comments

Latest by my favorite car is a motorcycle: Isn't every major automobile manufacturer working with China on their next generation vehicles? Honestly, there are only a few manufacturing industries left in Europe and North America that aren't relocating as fast as they can ship the production machinery overseas. So more »

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Report: Passat-Based Volkswagen "Four Door Coupe" Coming to Detroit '08

Considering the Phaeton debacle (or genius, depending on your definition) Volkswagen's setting a lower bar with its next luxury model — a coupe-like four-door that's been in the rumor mill since the Grover Cleveland administration. Now, according to German mag AutomobilWoche (translation: Automobile Wookie), the yet-unnamed model will debut at the 2008 Detroit auto show next January. It'll be based on the Passat and — in Germany — will start at around €30,000 with a 160hp 1.8L TSI motor and a six-speed manual, a 140-hp 2.0-liter turbodiesel for €32,500 and over €40,000 for a 300 hp V6 FSI version with all-wheel-drive and DSG. Though the base prices are midpoint, word is the cars will run much higher with options boxes checked. (Note: Spec image shown.) [UPDATE: "Spec" means it's a Photoshopped estimation of what it might look like.] – Mike Spinelli More »

7:55 AM on Mon Jul 2 2007
By Mike Spinelli
2,626 views, 16 comments

Latest by 96khz: First of all. That symbol is for a Euro, not a Sterling, so get that important fact straight. It makes a huge difference. Secondly, as for a the Lexus and Infiniti being reliable, that's partially true. Lexus=Reliable. Infiniti=Mediocre. Transmissions failures, more »

teutonic recall?

El Passat En Fuego? VWs Could Go Up in Smoke

We have a friend who drives a Passat estate car. She lovers her some Volkswagen and lives in one of those unfortunate subdivisions where you're not allowed to park your car in your own driveway. Now if one parks one's car on one's own property, if it goes up in smoke, no harm done other than some scorch marks on the homeowners'-association-mandated impeccably-maintained concrete. If, on the other hand, a modern Passat is such an eyesore that it must be kept garaged, many thousands of suburbanites are bound to start worrying. Apparently, VW is investigating reports of coil-pack-oriented fires on '00-03 gas-engined Passats — other than the W8 — in conjunction with the NHTSA. 19 fires have resulted so far and, the folks at VeeDub could face a recall involving around 350,000 cars. Ouch. – Davey G. Johnson More »

10:30 PM on Thu May 17 2007
By Davey G. Johnson
411 views, 14 comments

Latest by schvitzatura: "estate" = "council housing" = in America, "public housing"/HUD Section 8 housing... Do our British cousins in council flats drive right-drive Passats? Amazing! I thought the British referred to the Passat as a top-line saloon...wonders never cease to amaze! more »

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DARPA Driverless Volkswagen Passat Is A Hit In London

November's the target date for the next DARPA Challenge, but it's not stopping some of the teams from trying to snag some publicity in the interim. The next Challenge, an urban city course, is drawing less of the "utility vehicles" than the off-road challenge. That's why VW's showing off at the London Science Museum what they think is the right vehicle for the contest — a Passat 2.0 TDI we've shown you before. But now we know some of the technical details of the Passat including that it'll be using
"two eye-like laser sensors in the front and one in the back that scan road conditions, buildings other vehicles and pedestrians over a range of up to 200 metres (650 feet)...an on-board computer digests and acts on the information..."
Finally, a Passat with laser beams on their frickin' heads! – Ray Wert More »

1:30 PM on Thu Apr 12 2007
By Ray Wert
455 views, 5 comments

Latest by DRFS Rich: "Finally, a Passat with laser beams on their frickin' heads!" They REALLY should've used a Tiburon! - R more »

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Value-Added? Wolfsburg Edition Passat Hits Showrooms, Takes A Bite Out Of Pricing

You know your "special edition" isn't really all that special when you're calling it that just because it gives the consumer a better price on up-sized options to create a higher-priced "base model" of your current vehicle. Exhibit A would be the "Wolfsburg Edition" of anything in the line-up of the automaker representing Deutschland. The newest uber-special wolf-like edition is the Passat, and the up-priced "value model"
"...features a 2.0L, 200-horsepower turbo-charged engine with a standard six-speed automatic Tiptronic transmission...and...unique "Wolfsburg Edition" badging on the driver and passenger front quarter panels. The Wolfsburg Edition Passat also features 17-inch alloy wheels, a four-spoke leather wrapped multi-function steering wheel, leather wrapped gearshift knob and boot, 12-way full power adjustable driver seat, six-disc in-dash CD changer with MP3 capability, heated front seats, power sunroof, fog lights, heated windshield washer nozzles and Sirius satellite radio."
All that for the value-added price of $26,990. Now if you were to just price out a standard Passat with those features, you'd come up with a price a couple grand higher than that which you'd receive on the Wolfburg, but hey, keeping things standard lowers the price in a mass production firm like V-Dub, don't it? Full press release below the jump. – Ray Wert More »

11:15 AM on Tue Mar 20 2007
By Ray Wert
1,392 views, 6 comments

Latest by Turboner: Depreciation is your friend, if you can do routine maintenance (up to and including clutch job). Buy one on a lease return. Is "Wolfsburg Ed" VW's "S-line?" more »

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Stanford Takes the Message to the Streets, DARPA-Style

One may recall Stanley, the robo-Touareg that won the 2nd DARPA Grand Challenge. Well, now the boffins in Paly are working a successor to the SUV, based on a Passat known as Junior. Junior's designed to navigate an urban environment, rather than a desert off-road course. DARPA plans to announce the location of the next race, to be held November 3rd, sometime in October. Meanwhile we're still waiting for information on the atomic-powered Saab 96 entry from Venture Industries. – Davey G. Johnson More »

12:45 PM on Mon Feb 19 2007
By Davey G. Johnson
479 views, 3 comments

Latest by imoody: Doesn't get much more "urban" than a Volkswagen Passat station wagon. more »

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Car Hack's Notebook: Covering the Essen Show, Day Two

Volkswagen Audi Group can feel a bit slighted not to be the first port of call on the Essen show, but even a four-wheel drive, 300 hp battle wagon can't make a huge impression in this company. Still, the Passat R36 is a serious piece of kit in its own right, and should be an enticing alternative for those who want the performance but not the price premium that goes with Audi S4 ownership. It's a near-perfect Q car, especially in Touring form. Only the deep airdams, dinner-plate brake discs and mildly revised aero kit give away the violence held within. There are faster cars in the world, but no faster VW, this one will hit 60mph in 5.6s and go on to the standard 155mph top end. More »

1:20 PM on Tue Dec 5 2006
By Mike Spinelli
303 views, 9 comments

Latest by imoody: Thanks. more »