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I'm in the seventh heaven! I like his cool appearance with a magnificent profile you can admire for hours. I rejoice at powerful accelerations and velvety sound of a gasoline six, high from accurate and thoroughbred reactions and enjoy silence and comfort. He stopped, closed his eyes for a second. I open and see a steering wheel with the Volkswagen emblem!
This is not a dream, not a white fever and not notes of a madman. Probably, some learned about the Volkswagen brand from the stories of Grandpa, who is delighted with the capabilities of his station wagon Passat in the transportation of Scarba to the cottage. Or maybe someone saw a prudent mother unloading children near the school from the compactwane Touran. The storm of emotions and many tightly tinted Tuaregs in Moscow traffic jams will not cause a storm. And the gray Golf Plus is completely the most inconspicuous car in the world. This can be stolen even from under the nasal of the traffic cop.
It is not surprising that there are not so many posters with folk cars, and teenagers, having seen enough of the frying room and played enough at the Need for Speed, worship Japanese turbomons. And among cars from Wolfsburg, there have always been other values \u200b\u200bby putting on the sacrificial altar design, the Germans fanatically create the most thoughtful and digested technological products. But the ice moved, and Volkswagen was born, which will affect the soul of both pragmatist and the artist. Volkswagen you can dream of!
It is likely to thank Mercedes-Benz CLS for this. After all, it was this slightly strange sedan, which in the profile resembles a banana, became the first swallow in a few class, aptly called marketer -armed coupe. Volkswagen did not stand aside. So Passat CC was born, the cover of which was pulled out at last year's car dealership in Detroit.
Thus, Volkswagen unequivocally identified the key sales market Passat CC there for the entire life cycle of models plan to sell about 180 thousand copies. I don’t know if the Yankees, accustomed to the ordinary Toyota Camry and Honda Accord, the efforts of Volkswagen designers and engineers, but this dessert also got to Russia.
And what, an excellent alternative to fed suitcases on wheels! He looks excellent. A cool black body profile favorably emphasize chrome windows of windows and molding on the doors. Yes, and the face looks much more interesting than the usual bearded Passat.
And only in the back are two things cause bewilderment. This is the first huge lanterns, reminiscent of either Chrysler Sebring or restyled Mitsubishi Galant. And the second of the whole variety of nameplate on other Volkswagen models here cost the laconic Passat. Sorry, but where is CC?
The lack of designation CC leads to the fact that the vast majority of others immediately take the stylish CC for the new Passat. Owners may be insulting. After all, CC with the same wheeled base is 27 mm longer, 36 mm wider and, most importantly, significantly lower by five centimeters! Therefore, it looks much more expensive, thoroughly.
A special chic door deprived of the framework. Like real Sportsup! And inside, leather chairs with developed lateral support are welcomed inside. But the main thing is a low roof. There would still be a black ceiling and then, in joy, you can run with a screwdriver to the trunk to tear off the ill -fated Passat nameplate. Out of sight, out of mind.
By the way, the front panel in architecture and details also has much in common with the Passat. But here there are enough new elements to both the instrument shield with a contrasting digitization, and the climate control unit with running numbers, and even the steering wheel. And the designers carried out work on errors in an ordinary passat on the tidy, the not -so -necessary Passat sticker flaunts, and it is no longer in CC.
At a height, and unattainable for many, and the quality of materials. Soft plastic, quality skin, real aluminum and wood. And, of course, attention to the little things, erected to the rank of absolute, the efforts on all buttons are twisted so much that it seems as if you have pressed them for a couple of years. And the soft light, which in the evening pours from under wooden linings on the doors, leads everyone to indescribable delight.
However, no. Some will remain dissatisfied most likely, the rear passengers. Firstly, only two will fit them there. And, secondly, if there are plenty of space for the legs and width, then the tall ballast will be forced to support a sloping ceiling with his heads. There is nothing to be done, the image of the compartment obliges. But the sensation of the cellar does not arise in any case.
Although, what are we before passengers! Indeed, under the hood is a six with a volume of 3.6 liters, which produces 300 forces and 350 nm of torque. And it is combined with all -wheel drive and DSG robot. Gas on the floor, and under the rumble of the V6 Passat CC breaks from the place almost without slipping. After 5.6 from the speedometer arrow reaches the mark of 100 speakers impressive!
It is especially pleasant that acceleration does not sour even further with Passat CC not only the brutal motor, but also the magnificent aerodynamics. Therefore, in the salon, even at such speeds, only the rustle of tires is heard. The engine is also silent in the sixth gear at 160 km/h on a tachometer of only 3,000 revolutions! Of course, this is provided that DSG works in mode D The box quickly switches to the highest steps and reluctantly switches down when accelerated.
So Passat CC fully justifies its name, because the CC deciphens as Comfort Coupe. We have already figured out the noise, but the smoothness of the course is on top, because the suspension is softer than in an ordinary Passat! However, this does not confuse the driver at all. Even on winter tires, Nokian Hakkapeliitta RSI CC confidently holds a straight line and regularly provides feedback on the steering wheel. Here and to the title GT, Gran Turismo, not far: to wave a few hundred for such a continuous pleasure.
But the driver’s soul will be pleased in corners. Passat CC clearly enters the arc, and thanks to the full-wheel drive Haldex transmission allows you to open gas earlier if you turn off the track control, then the large Volkswagen is not averse to step! At the same time, his behavior is extremely clear for the setting of pendants and the steering wheel amplifier engineers earned at least a monument. For complete happiness, only the disconnected stabilization system is not enough, because the electronic collar remains guard always.
Naturally, for active driving, it is better to switch the box in a sports regime in advance. Then it miraculously transforms and holds reduced gears, and Passat CC rushes forward with double zeal. The S mode is so good that it questions the need for manual switching anyway in our car there were no steering gashets, and DSG goes to the step up only when the limit revolutions are reached.
So the driver will be satisfied in any situation. If you want to go quickly, Passat CC will be happy to fulfill a desire. Like calm please! The engine, by the way, was not too voracious despite impressive characteristics, you can easily fit into 15 liters of gasoline per hundred kilometers when driving.
Even in traffic, everything is fine. And the point is not only that the Auto Hold system eliminates the right leg from the constant holding of the brake. Volkswagen Passat SS will never be deprived of the attention of others with equal admiration both from the Lada and the Audi Q7. A great option for those who blinked his eyes with an ordinary Passat, Touareg seems too boring, and Phaeton is simply great. And as for the notorious nameplate and just forget about him and rejoice. Fortunately, there are plenty of reasons for positive emotions.
Text: Vadim Gagarin
Photo: Vitaly Kabyshev
   
 

 
 

Source: Auto.mail.ru