Volkswagen Passat CC test drive since 2009 sedan
What marketers are talking about. Volkswagen Passat CC
The loud premium at a press conference was often pronounced as a parasitic word. It sounded something like this: the updated premium premium-sedan Volkswagen Passat CC-Primeum \u200b\u200bmade a real premium product out of the car. The premium also added a folding towbar!. Premium, premium, premium. A little more, and I will have an allergy to it!
There was a press conference without suprastin, I venture to assume that it turned out to be the shortest in the latest history of the automotive industry. The Volkswagen PRAR closed journalists for about five minutes with his premium, spoke about the Test Drive route along the azure coast and released it. Is there really no reason for a thorough conversation?
In general, the way it is. I mean not. After all, CC is based on Passat Vulgaris units, ordinary passato; Technical changes in it on a penny. Therefore, half of the article can be safely copied from the test drive of an updated Passat, which reporters were shown more than a year ago.
Here, for example, the new CC (from now on in Europe it is deprived of the name Passat, but we left the old name) now you can also kick the rear bumper so that the trunk is opened if your hands are busy. Also appeared chairs with a massage function. And, of course, the headlights are now shining with the rhinestones of LED dimensions, and the back optics is drawn by the Vrubel pattern of the lamps.
The interior, in a sense, the weak link in the passat. No, he is very good, do not think! But, buying a premium (oh, terrible word!) A car, I want to see something more sophisticated. Alas, we are waiting for the next generation.
By default, the rear sofa is double, but you can order a three -seater as an option. The legs for the legs are enough for the rear passengers, but the ceiling is low to people tall above 180 cm will be inconvenient.
For Passat CC, 11 exterior colors, 4 options for decorative inserts in the cabin (there is wood and metal), 3 colors of the front panel and 11 seats finishes are offered
Passat CC The last of Gunakan. I was not mistaken. Murat Gunak former chief designer of the concern. It was he who came up with a chrome beard in Passat B6, Jetta and Tuareg. He created the fifth golf and other pre -reform Volkswagen swimming fat. Passat CC was made under his leadership. They say that Gunak was fired by inconsistency.
Valter de Silva picked up the banner quickly anathematized all Gunakov’s decorations, starting with the hatch Scirocco. The rest of the cars received a new style urgently: Polo, Touareg, Tiguan, Jetta, Passat. And only Passat CC was already under the leadership of de Silva, but with a hundred percent Gunakovsky appearance.
And now, Ordnung is restored. Volkswagen Passat CC received diode rear lights, new bumpers, hood and radiator grille, as well as the anterior optics from aesthetic point of view. But you can’t replace the ball into the cube: the pampered lines of the body did not disappear, and the updated details are not able to seriously change something in the image of the machine. Yes, Walter de Silva is Chuck Norris in automobile design, but here he is almost powerless. Maybe for the best Passat CC as a handsome man, he remained, becoming only a little more glamorous.
The lever of the mechanical box is convenient: the moves are small, the clarity is good. But the engine is lazy as a soldier-cutter, and the clutch is very long-term, it spoils all the pleasure of driving with mechanics. Therefore, it is better to choose a robotic DSG box. In combination with a 152-horsepower 1.8 TSI engine, it is seven-speed with dry clutch; The rest of the engines are laid down a six -speed box with wet clutches
The engineers are also powerless: After all, CC is just a Passat with buns. You can’t turn it with restyling into Phaeton. The ventilation and massage mentioned above in the chairs for a year as a regular passat. The head restraint adjustable forward-forth. Recognition of road signs? Yes, yes, and that too!
Passat now has a new climate control control panel, and the system itself has received a humidity sensor and automatically adjusts its work this ensures that the glasses and fuel saving and emissions of C2 are ensured
The tracking system for marking is similar. A dump truck who now knows how to adjust the car not only in parallel, but also perpendicular, of course, like a simple passat. DCC suspension with electronic shock absorbers and a full-wheel drive system with the latest generation HalDex again! Improved sound insulation? Guess for yourself! Perhaps the only two innovations are monitoring of blind zones during rebuilding and a system for lovers to sleep while driving, which monitors the fatigue of the driver.
Volkswagen Passat CC is a fairly large car. With a length of 4798 mm, it is inferior to Toyota Camry only 27 mm
But what did I go away? Passat was and remained an amazing car. The chassis is one of the best in the class, and to upgrade it, count, nowhere. Passat CC dives perfectly into turns and does not annoy the nozzle or shaking on irregularities. Comfort at the same time on the envy of Toyota Camry. In the vicinity of Nice, where there are enough dashing turns and the roads of the permissive class, there was an opportunity to try everything.
Moreover, the DCC suspension (it is an option for all versions, except for the top with a 300-horsepower V6 engine) barely affects the driving quality. Which in comfortable, that in the sports mode Passat CC is not very reduced and is in a similar way of irregularities. Moreover, the sports regime liked the least: after all, it changes not only the properties of shock absorbers, but also a reactive force on the steering wheel, just like on Audi machines with a Drive Select system. But I did not like the sports settings of the steering wheel power steering: the effort in the helm is great even in those moments when it should not be at all! In general, you can safely refuse electronically controlled suspension.
One of the important things in the updated CC seriously improved sound insulation. Inside, it’s really quietly like in business class sedans. But! All this works only on condition that your Passat is with a gasoline engine. And if you are traveling on a diesel engine, then the comfort delta rushes to zero. Yes, quiet, but vibrations are much.
Passat CC received two new options for the design of the wheels, such as these, presented in the photograph. All tires with Run Flat technology
The DSG robot, with all complaints about its unreliability, is required for the Passat. After all, a mechanical gearbox with quite large moves and long -term clutch has nothing to do with sports emotions from driving, and does not add economy. Gasoline engines (three of them: 152-horsepower 1.8 TSI, 210-horsepower 2.0 TSI and 300-horsepower 3.6 V6), or for the sake of ecologists, or for emotional comfort, Volkswagenovites made lazy. There is enough traction, there are no reactions speed. You don’t feel this with an automatic gearbox, but with mechanics ... diesel engines (two-liter, 140 or 170 hp) suffer from the same problems, but in addition they have a narrow working range from two to three and a half thousand revolutions . No, only DSG!
CC. Nice. In my opinion, a great combination for wise presentation. Although ... is Nice is not cool for the Passat? No. A whole detachment of crumbled girls flew with us on an airplane (mainly at the age of thirty) in heels with an Eiffel Tower. But, judging by their places in the economy class, crop failure came out on the azure coast.
In January in Nice, you will not meet premium machines not a season. In their business, the five hundredth fiates and little Renault scream here: all Ferrari and Bentley will come to the summer. Marina is half -empty. And those two yachts for millions that stand here look inappropriate.
Similarly, the locals do not look at the raven, kayenna and twelve -cylinder sedans not with envy with bewilderment. About how we are on Sergey Zverev, who, as you know, dresses up on the advice of the random number generator.
Europeans are generally not up to show-offs. It doesn’t matter to them, four cylinders of your car or eight. But taste and self -expression are appreciated. If the crossover is the eccentric Nissan Juke, and even better the incomparable Range Rover Evoque (diesel, of course). If a compact hatch is Citroen DS3 or Mini. And if Passat is preferably CC.
Of course, Passat CC is no more cool than Passat ordinary. But it can be ordered in black with a red salon, as in a joke about a gynecologist. In the car that I got, the chairs were not red, but cream, but the front panel is black. There was also a secondary LED illumination around the perimeter, like Audi cars, pretty watches of a la Volkswagen Phaeton and so on.
Its design, albeit Gunakovsky, received a lot of prestigious awards: If Product Design Award and Red Dot Design Award, for example. When the Volkswagenovites showed the Passat CC first iteration in 2008, they carefully talked about plans to sell 300 thousand cars for the entire production of the model. CC has just lived to restyling, and 320 thousand have already been sold, the demand is almost doubled. So, there is a meaning in the model!
He is in design. And the fact that you overpay for your appearance, having bought, in fact, the same updated Passat as a neighbor (and he did it a year ago) nonsense! You need to live beautifully, not premium.
Vlad Klepach
Photo: Vlad Klepach and Volkswagen
Technique
Volkswagen Passat CC is equipped with three gasoline and three diesel engines. The first includes 1.8 TSI units (in Europe it develops 160 hp and accelerates the Passat CC from a place to 100 km/h for 8.5 s. In the Russian specification, the motor is slightly weaker than 152 hp), 2.0 TSI (210 L.S., 7.3 seconds) and 3.6 V6 (300 hp, 5.5 seconds). All three solar engines have a working volume of 2 liters, but differ in power: 140 or 170 hp. Acceleration to 100 km/h 9.8 and 8.6 seconds, respectively. Where did the third diesel go? The fact is that a 140-horsepower engine is available in two variants of ordinary and Bluetdi with the injection of adblue synthetic urea. The second already meets the ecological norms of Euro 6, which will enter into force only in 2014. By the way, all modifications of the Passat CC sedan have a recovery function: when accelerating, the generator turns off and does not take the power from the engine
Recognition of signs (information is displayed on the dashboard and on the screen of the navigation system), tied to both on the camera and on navigation cards, is very well implemented in the Passat. Passat CC can not only read speed restrictions, but divide them into dry and wet. So, if a sign is hanging on the autobahn that limits the speed of up to 80 km/h only in inclement weather, Passat, using the data of the rain sensor, will understand whether to display it on the display or not
The help system for holding the machine within the strip works curiously. If you try to shift into another row without a turn signal, she hers in the opposite direction herself, but within a small limits.
With the help of active cruise control, Passat CC is able not only to maintain a distance to ahead of the car, but also to slow down until a complete stop if you start to run through the road to a tree
Already in the basic configuration of the headlights at Passat CC bixenon and have sections for lighting turns (when turning the steering wheel to a large corner for example, when maneuvering in the yard). More advanced optional lamps have a dynamic turning of turns, they themselves switch from nearby to distant, and, most importantly, even in long -range mode they can not blind drivers of oncoming cars
The parking system is updated: now it can put the machine not only in parallel, but also perpendicular to the sidewalk. As before, the driver only needs to press the pedals and turn on the front or rear gear, and the steering wheel will rotate. In the case of parallel parking, the passato needs a gap of only 45 cm on each side in order to successfully fit into the place. And he will be able to leave on his own, even if he was subwitted, leaving the front and behind only 20 cm
Prices and configuration
In Russia, the updated Volkswagen Passat CC will appear in early spring. The basic equipment with a 152-horsepower engine 1.8 TSI and a mechanical gearbox is estimated at 1,108,000 rubles. At the same time, Passat CC will be equipped with such pleasant things as a leather steering wheel, sports seats (tissue) with heating, an audio system with 8 speakers and a 6-disks CD changer, separate climate control, bixenon headlights, 6 pillows, a stabilization system. In addition, already in the base there are 17-inch alloy wheels and a suspension adapted for bad roads. A version with a seven -speed DSG box is almost 100 thousand rubles more expensive.
More powerful modifications are immediately offered with DSG, and a six -speed one. A car with a two-liter 210-horsepower TSI engine costs from 1,444,000 rubles. The top version with a 300-horsepower V6 and all-wheel drive is much more expensive than 1,981,000 rubles. Finally, Passat CC with a diesel engine is available for Russia, only one, 170-horsepower. It costs 1,433,000 rubles.
An automatic parking worker costs 36 thousand rubles, for a non -clock access system and the engine launch of the engine will have to pay another 15 thousand with a button. The leather and alcantara salon are estimated at 53 thousand rubles, and completely leather at 69. The seat ventilation system and the massage function for the driver’s seat costs another 30 thousand. A simple navigation system is available for 24 thousand rubles, and more sophisticated already costs 63 thousand. Want to put advanced music in Passat CC? Pay 30 thousand rubles for the Volkswagen Sound audio system with 10 speakers and a 300-watt amplifier, or 52 thousand for the complex of the famous company Dynaudio (10 speakers, 600-watt amplifier).
Larger wheels (from 17 to 18 inches) will cost 7-22 thousand, a panoramic roof of 38. Finally, the color of the body with the effect of metallic or mother of pearl costs 18,770 rubles.
Competitors
One of the brightest cars in this class Opel Insignia costs from 770 thousand rubles in the hypostasis of the sedan or hatchback, and from 822 in the package of the station wagon. The basic equipment is a 115-horsepower engine 1.6 and a manual gearbox. The version comparable to the Passat is equipped with a 1.6 (180 hp, 952 thousand rubles) or two liters (220 hp, 1,010,000 rubles).
But in the basic configuration of insignia there are no bixenon headlights (39 thousand rubles), two-zone climate control (13 thousand) and many other little things. But the Opel brand traditionally pleases with the low cost of options: for example, the leather decoration of the cabin costs 45 thousand rubles, and the navigation system from 25 to 50 thousand.
And if you are looking for an alternative to a 300-horsepower passat, then it makes sense to look at the sports version of the OPC with a 325-horsepower engine, it costs from 1,574,500 rubles and is already equipped in the basic configuration in full.
Volvo S60 Another sedan with an interesting design and drivers. In the basic version, it costs 1,099,000 rubles and is equipped with a 150-horsepower turbo engine with a volume of 1.6 liters and a mechanical gearbox. Surcharge for robotic KP with two PowerShift clutch 100 thousand rubles. But the basic version is devoid of alloy wheels, xenon headlights, heating the front seats and even the leather steering wheel decoration. It will be necessary to pay extra for all this, and the Volvo options are not cheap!
More powerful modifications are equipped with 249 hp gasoline engines. (from 1,279,000 rubles) and 304 hp (1,964 900 rubles) and are equipped only with automatic transmissions. And the all-wheel drive Volvo S60 with a 215-horsepower diesel engine and also the automatic transmission costs from 1,778,000 rubles.
Infiniti G25 costs from 1,595,000 rubles, but also equipped wonderful! A 222 hp engine is installed on it. And an automatic box, there is a leather interior, bixenon headlights, a non -clock access system, electric drives with memory and much more. There is even an electric drive of the steering column!
In addition, there is a modification of Infiniti G37X with all -wheel drive and an engine with a capacity of 330 hp. It costs from 1,900,000 rubles.
Audi A4 can also be called a competitor to a traffic police. The start version of A4 costs almost the same: 1,130,000 rubles. But it will be a machine with a 120-horsepower engine, halogen headlights and stamped wheels. Although the Audi will have a dual-zone climate control, 6 airbags and a stabilization system. But Audi options are expensive: metallic paint costs 44 thousand rubles, bixenon headlights 58 thousand, and a leather salon 100! Another 70 thousand rubles will have to be laid out for the variator.
Modification with a 170-horsepower 1.8 TFSI engine costs 1,280,000 rubles for a version with a mechanical gearbox and 1,350,000 for execution with a variator. But A4 with such a motor has an optional all -wheel drive (1,364,000 rubles with a mechanical box), while Volkswagen Passat CC with all leading wheels is available only in the top version with the V6 motor.
Source: Auto.mail.ru
