PASSAT PERFECTED; CC sedan emulates swoopy coupelike styling of Mercedes-Benz CLS.(News)
AutoWeek, January, 2008
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Byline: GREG KABLE
Volkswagen snagged a page out of fellow German automaker Mercedes-Benz's styling playbook with the Passat CC, revealed to the public for the first time at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
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Conceived as part of an image-boosting niche-model offensive that also includes the Tiguan compact sport/utility vehicle and the Scirocco coupe, the four-door Passat CC (using VW's internal C-segment, C-coupe nomenclature) aims to plug the gap in the VW lineup between the standard Passat and the upmarket Phaeton. VW plans to bring the latter back to ...
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