What's Wrong With This Picture: Passat CC Gets Put In Its Place Edition

Edward Niedermeyer
by Edward Niedermeyer

With the Passat moving from a poor-selling but Euro-premium sedan to a cheaper, more mass-market design, it was inevitable that the Passat CC “four door coupe” version would change as well. Unfortunately, in order to make it more similar to the new “Das Impala”-style Passat, VW had to really tone down the design. So much so, that you almost have to wonder who is going to buy this car on style alone… which is the whole point of having a “four door coupe” version of a sedan. But hey, at least it won’t be outselling the Passat anymore, as it has for much of the last several years. Mission accomplished?



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  • Paul Paul on Nov 04, 2011

    Front and rear are vastly improved, but the roof line has me concerned. Seems less aggressive than the current CC, which would be a huge disappointment. I am reserving too much judgement until I see it in person.

  • Speed Spaniel Speed Spaniel on Nov 04, 2011

    I currently own a 2010 CC and I like the looks of this updated version better. The tail lamps are awesome. Now if we could only get the 300 HP version of the 3.6 that they have over in Europe. The 3.6 needs a smidge more power to separate itself from the Avalons of the auto world. All in all this has turned out to be a very nice car with a nice balance of luxury and sport. Love the VR6 snarl too. No mechanical issues at all to date. I think it's a better value, design and engineering effort than Audi's bread and butter A4. Also, funny how the 'people's car' offers 3 years free maintenance and Audi did away with that. I lease cars and switching from Audi to VW was a no brainer. When I turned in my S4 at lease end to a local Audi dealer he tried to sell me an Audi, but I had already signed the lease paperwork on the CC. His response was, 'I don't blame you'......

  • TheMrFreeze That new Ferrari looks nice but other than that, nothing.And VW having to put an air-cooled Beetle in its display to try and make the ID.Buzz look cool makes this classic VW owner sad 😢
  • Wolfwagen Is it me or have auto shows just turned to meh? To me, there isn't much excitement anymore. it's like we have hit a second malaise era. Every new vehicle is some cookie-cutter CUV. No cutting-edge designs. No talk of any great powertrains, or technological achievements. It's sort of expected with the push to EVs but there is no news on that front either. No new battery tech, no new charging tech. Nothing.
  • CanadaCraig You can just imagine how quickly the tires are going to wear out on a 5,800 lbs AWD 2024 Dodge Charger.
  • Luke42 I tried FSD for a month in December 2022 on my Model Y and wasn’t impressed.The building-blocks were amazing but sum of the all of those amazing parts was about as useful as Honda Sensing in terms of reducing the driver’s workload.I have a list of fixes I need to see in Autopilot before I blow another $200 renting FSD. But I will try it for free for a month.I would love it if FSD v12 lived up to the hype and my mind were changed. But I have no reason to believe I might be wrong at this point, based on the reviews I’ve read so far. [shrug]. I’m sure I’ll have more to say about it once I get to test it.
  • FormerFF We bought three new and one used car last year, so we won't be visiting any showrooms this year unless a meteor hits one of them. Sorry to hear that Mini has terminated the manual transmission, a Mini could be a fun car to drive with a stick.It appears that 2025 is going to see a significant decrease in the number of models that can be had with a stick. The used car we bought is a Mk 7 GTI with a six speed manual, and my younger daughter and I are enjoying it quite a lot. We'll be hanging on to it for many years.
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