Filed under: Sedan, China, Europe, Volkswagen, Luxury
We've got bad news for you if you had your heart set on the
smaller version of the
Volkswagen CC.
Car and Driver reports the German automaker has decided the four-door would simply be too expensive to sell in the American market. The article cites unnamed European sources as saying the vehicle still has a strong chance of making it to dealer lots in the EU, even though no final decision has been made at this point. By the time the machine made it to our shores, it would likely be more pricey than the current
Passat. That's a problem.
Original reports suggested Volkswagen needed the U.S. market to justify production volumes to sell the new CC in both the EU and China, but the company seems to think the likely small U.S. sales would have little impact anyway. C/D reports the automaker is tentatively planning to sell the smaller CC in the People's Republic anyway.
VW Golf/Jetta CC too expensive to sell in U.S. originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 02 May 2012 10:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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When is a
Volkswagen not a Volkswagen? If by Volkswagen, you mean the "people's car" as it was initially intended, then the answer is: When it starts costing thirty to forty grand. But even with new pricing in place, the
Volkswagen CC is still a far cheaper proposition to other German "four-door coupes" like the
Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class,
Audi A5 Sportback and
A7 and the new
BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe.
Whereas the MSRP on the outgoing model started at $28,514, the freshly updated 2013 model starts at $30,250. That, of course, is just the starting price for the base model with the 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder. Start piling on the options - especially big-ticket upgrades like the VR6 engine and 4Motion all-wheel drive - and you're quickly looking at a price starting at $41,420 for the top-of-the-line Executive model.
The adjusted pricing puts it well into the company of entry-level models from luxury marques, but if you shun badge snobbery enough to consider dropping that kind of cash on a VW, consider as well that it's also comparable in both pricing and specification to
the new Hyundai Azera we recently drove.
Follow the jump for the press release.
Continue reading Redesigned 2013 Volkswagen CC priced from $30,250
Redesigned 2013 Volkswagen CC priced from $30,250 originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Sedan, Wagon, Hatchback, Volkswagen, Rumormill, Luxury
Volkswagen CC - Click above for high-res image gallery
We're not sure if you've noticed, but we've officially entered the dog days of Summer. And while that means that temperatures have begun crawling their way to the triple digits in certain portions of the country, it also means that genuine auto industry news has slowed somewhat. Of course, that won't stop the interwebs from generating a very unique brand of news that's all its own. Where hard facts and quotes fail to materialize, the hallowed rumor will be more than happy to take over. In that spirit,
Autocar is reporting that
Volkswagen is mulling the creation of a long-roof version of its
CC four-door coupe.
According to the UK publication, an unnamed source within the manufacturer leaked the plans for a CC
wagon, and the company's board will vote on whether or not to build the vehicle later this year. The reasoning behind the model seems stable enough -
Autocar says that since Passat is on its way out in the U.S. and the car's successor won't be available in wagon trim, the company will need something to fill the void. But the CC? Really? Time will tell, we suppose, but call us skeptical on this one. If true, we're fully expecting VW to claim that it is poised to build the world's first five-door coupe - you know, if
Mercedes-Benz doesn't
beat them to the punch.
[Source:
Autocar]
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Rumormill: Volkswagen CC set to get wagon variant. Wait, wha? originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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