2012 Volkswagen CC Launch Review
2012 VOLKSWAGEN CC REVIEW
Volkswagen has taken its sleekly-styled Passat CC upmarket. The exterior has been revised, there’s now a fifth seat and there’s more standard equipment than before.
The price though, beginning at $54,990 and rising to $64,990, has been left intact.
There is however one big deletion: to distance the swish four-door from the more prosaic Passat sedan, the new car is now simply known as the Volkswagen CC - “Passat” has been dropped from the bootlid.
The new CC certainly carries an aura of sophistication, and commands quite a presence in the car park. But where does it fit in the scheme of things? Is it a bargain-priced luxury car, or simply a very nice, very well-equipped mid-sizer?
Interior
The biggest change in here, besides a new dashboard and centre stack, is the addition of a centre rear seat.
That adds a bit more utility to the CC’s cabin, but proportionally it’s no more spacious than its predecessor and there’s still a major shortage of headroom for back seat occupants.
Fit and finish is generally quite good, but the hard plastics on the side of the centre console would be better substituted with softer materials. The flimsy cupholders also struggle to keep bottles in place.