User Manual Volkswagen Aqua Concept

The Blue Best VW Concept is a futuristic craft (ACV - Air Cushion Object) supercharged by Hydrogen and propelled by impellers. The labor was presented CDN Car Ornament Awards and was conceived as an off-road vehicle targeted to Chinese customers.

Volkswagen Golf GTI faster and more economical

The new Golf is in Paris immediately hoisted his pack GTI. It is according to the Germans still a concept car, but we know better. On some small details, the Golf GTI next year unchanged entering the showroom.

The GTI sauce is world famous and perhaps somewhat cunning, but no less tasty. Volkswagen provides the body of the farm-fresh Golf with a more aggressive front bumper and also puts another red trim across the grille. This is because what brings sportiness, but also because tradition demands it. What is new is the fact that the decorative strip on the headlights also runs. At the back we see a discreet spoiler while the bumper underneath pretending to be a diffuser. For its sporty nature further underline denoted dual exhausts and 18 inch wheels behind red calipers carried shine. But there is more. Thus, the GTI 10 millimeters closer to the tarmac thanks to various adjustments, springs, dampers, stabilizer bars and bump stop.

Volkswagen Golf GTI

Nostalgia
On the inside the GTI combines nostalgia with the gadgets that also other variants can be found. That can include a navigation system with touch-sensitive screen. But there are also unique features. Look for instance at the flattened wheel, the ball-type shift knob and of course the checkered Jacky coating.

Economical
as always with a GTI, the front wheels quite put to work. The revised two liters turbo engine offers 220 hp and 350 Nm. An optional package throws an additional 10 hp on top. All that power goes through a manual six-speed gearbox or an automatic transmission with double clutch with as much opposed to the train. A sprint to 100 km / h in 6.6 seconds can attract. Greatest progress has been made in terms of consumption, made possible by the lower weight of the Golf VII in general. Volkswagen GTI Concept promises for an average of 6.0 liters of gasoline per 100 kilometers. This represents an improvement of 1.3 liters or 18% efficient compared to its predecessor.

Volkswagen CC Sport Review

I wonder if Volkswagen appreciates the irony of the new CC.

Six years ago, the company introduced the Phaeton, a big luxury sedan with a price tag starting around $65,000 and running all the way up to $95,000 (a hundred grand with tax) for a 12-cylinder model.

It was a monumental flop, yanked summarily from the U.S. market after only a couple of seasons (it is still sold in Europe and is on the verge of a third facelift for 2011 that has die-hard fans hoping for a return to America)

Part of the problem was that for all that money, it looked like a Passat, only bigger. And from a block away, with no perspective to judge size, it looked like a Passat, period.

So now, VW creates a truly desirable car...and it really is a Passat...but with a sleek roofline and some other styling tricks.

And...heres the good part...it carries a price tag lower than the Passat...base price for the Sport model I drove is $27,100...$1,200 below the least-expensive Passat.

The current-generation Passat is a bit of an awkward child...not Teutonically purposeful as the ones before, but without actually achieving elegance or desirability. Attempts to soften the Passat have resulted in it coming off as lukewarm.

But the CC turns up the heat by appealing to the emotions with fluid, sensuous lines.

And the best part is that, through artful use of colors, details and materials, Volkswagen makes the CCs interior feel special, too...giving you the impression that youre driving something a rung or two above the Passat.

The CC gets these impressions so right that driving the base model (the Sport), with only two options (a six-speed automatic transmission and Sirius Satellite radio), feels like the lap of luxury...and keeps the price tag, including destination charges, under $30,000.

You can go hog-wild with the VR6 4Motion and break $40,000 without a sweat....but why, when the Sport is so good?

EPA estimate (with automatic): 19 city/29 highway. Manual transmission 21 city/31 highway.

UPDATE: Just ended a week in another CC Sport. Everything above applies...apart from a base price increase to $27,760. Still, this one bottom-lined at $29,660...with the only option being a six-speed automatic.

And about that...the gas mileage estimate improves to 22 city/31 highway. In my even mix of city streets and freeways, I got 24 for the week...and the range estimate when I took delivery of 450 miles seems plausible. I handed it back this morning with just under half a tank of gas remaining.