VOLKSWAGEN’S SLEEK Passat CC is less than a year old, but with nearly all of the brand’s models adopting the carmaker’s new corporate face, will the Passat CC soon join them?

Unlike the CC, the Eos - launched internationally in 2006 - is soon due to be either updated or superseded, and a facelift [...]

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THE WORLD of the four-door coupe is a relatively new segment that just happens to be filling up rather quickly with competitors, especially from luxury brands.

We’ve already seen the progenitor of the segment, the svelte Mercedes-Benz CLS, as well as the soon to be launched Porsche Panamera and Aston Martin Rapide.

But if you want a [...]

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AT THE AUSTRALIAN release of the Passat CC in February, outgoing Volkswagen Australia Managing Director Jutta Dierks said, “We feel we have something very special on our hands with the CC.”

Most who have spent some quality time behind the wheel of the four-door coupe would agree. It is arresting looking – unmistakably Volkswagen - but [...]

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For Volkswagen Australia, 2008 was a record year with the brand locking away just shy of 30,000 new car sales here. Despite the obvious challenges of a stuttering economy and a declining new vehicle market ahead, Volkswagen Australia has high hopes for the brand in 2009. With the release of its sublime new Passat CC, [...]

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Volkswagen has today announced the Australian release of its new ‘four-door-coupe’ Passat CC. As we speak, The Insider is likely riding shotgun in the shiny new CC at the official launch, and he’ll be getting back to us all with his ‘first drive’ impressions shortly. In the meantime, a quick overview seems appropriate.

VW is intentionally [...]

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The stylish new Volkswagen Passat CC can now be had in the United Kingdom with the company’s vaunted seven-speed DSG transmission – but only if you’re after the 118kW 1.8 litre TSI model.

Acceleration with the DSG transmission is moderately improved, with a 100km/h sprint covered in 8.5 seconds, as opposed to 8.6 seconds in the [...]

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While most cars at the SEMA Show can be characterised as chrome-dipped, gold-plated and diamante-encrusted examples of styling gone amok, it’s easy to forget that there are still a few show cars hidden in those giant Las Vegas halls that don’t provoke strong bouts of nausea.

Islands of common sense and tasteful restraint in a [...]

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Aside from its usual (and comprehensive) range, VW took the covers off two particularly special vehicles - the Pirelli Edition Golf GTi and the Passat CC.

The Pirelli Edition, the final iteration of the current Golf GTi, has been given a performance boost (which seems fair for the venerable and hard-working GTi). The standard Golf GTI’s [...]

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Its been four years since the Mercedes CLS first came to market. At the time it was a revolutionary four-door coupe design that has proved popular, in fact it has inspired a number of competitors to develop their own four door coupes, including the VW Passat CC and Porsche’s Panamera (due in 2009), to name [...]

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Official video of the Passat CC four door coupe in action.

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Another 2008 Detroit Auto Show debutant is Volkswagen’s Passat CC. Designed in the four-door coupe mould made popular by the Mercedes CLS the Passat CC is longer, wider and lower than the humble Passat sedan on which it is based.

The Passat CC will be available with a choice of petrol and diesel engines, depending on [...]

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