New Passat Coupe / Passat CC

culabula88

New passat coupe or passat CC - what do you think of it.Wonder when it will be coming to Ireland and how much>??


http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/214755/vw_passat_cc.html

peasant

Can't quite see what the fuss is about.

Looks like a giant dog licked an ordinary Passat until it was somewhat smoother in profile.

I'm very underwhelmed.

fabsoul

lol it should'nt be called a coupe.

E92

peasant wrote: »

Can't quite see what the fuss is about.

Looks like a giant dog licked an ordinary Passat until it was somewhat smoother in profile.

I'm very underwhelmed.

+1

JHMEG

Looks like just another Passat to me..

Eoin

The sleek new model is billed as a coupe, but has a smooth four-door body

So... that would be a saloon then?

Fey!

Definitely a saloon.

alpina

Would reserve opinion until ability to view in the flesh, appears to be going down the CLS route. Could be interesing, then again depends what we get here..

http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/automotive_news/4244402.html
http://www.vw.com/cc/gallery/en/us/#/exterior/0/

.Longshanks.

Autoexpress runs with the headline VW Passat CC.
CC = coupe cabriolet......its neither:rolleyes:

E92

Longshanks100 wrote: »

Autoexpress runs with the headline VW Passat CC.
CC = coupe cabriolet......its neither:rolleyes:

Well to be fair to them that's what VW have decided to call the car:).

And in separate news the regular Passat is now available with the new Common Rail 2.0 TDI engine.

Zonda999

I could also mean "cross(over)-coupe" i suppose.....I can see this car selling well here in ireland.People may see it as a rival to the audi a4 and the others in that class.Whats it gonna cost in comparison to the posh brands come july???

E92

Zonda999 wrote: »

I can see this car selling well here in ireland.People may see it as a rival to the audi a4 and the others in that class.

+1

Zonda999 wrote: »

Whats it gonna cost in comparison to the posh brands come july???

Well in the UK it's £1500 more than the equivalent saloon version so I guess you could work back from that, though our VRT complicates things somewhat:).

Tragedy

I quite like, it has a poise and presence that the current Passat likes.

Nothing groundbreaking though and would still take a new C5 over it

FuzzyWuzzyWazza

fabsoul wrote: »

lol it should'nt be called a coupe.

Why not? Isn't a coupe defined by it sloping roof?

.Longshanks.

Zonda999 wrote: »

People may see it as a rival to the audi a4 and the others in that class

but its only got 4 seats

Eoin

FuzzyWuzzyWazza wrote: »

Why not? Isn't a coupe defined by it sloping roof?

There's no real definition for a coupe, but I would consider it to be a 2 door variant of a saloon, with some exceptions like the Mazda RX8. I don't think this melted passat, or the Merc CLS look like coupes.

alpina

Mercedes has used this '4 door coupe' terminology since the inception of the CLS. The concept appears to be 'bold styling with significat practicality' & I think I have to agree, quite nice to see different variants of what one could quite easily tend to consider as popular or even negatively, common car models. BMW have the X6, Mersedes have the CLS as said earlier Mazda have the RX8 (maybe does not offer the practicality) and now VW has the CC (still think they should have changed the name, maybe even gone down the Lexus/Toyota avenue with the CC & Phateon.

L-M

Was going to say the same about the CLS, i look forward to it... Don't know whether it'll sell here though, no1 seems to trust high price volkswagens, all will tell when we see how much it is:D

JHMEG

eoin_s wrote: »

There's no real definition for a coupe, but I would consider it to be a 2 door variant of a saloon,

Interestingly I've heard the '91 to '99 BMW 3 series coupe referred to as a 2-door saloon.

CLS is in my mind the ugliest Merc to date.. styled after a banana.