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New Tennessee-built VW Passat won't get the "Westmoreland" treatment

While we were chatting with VW of America CEO Stefan Jacoby in Wolfsburg, Germany, the subject of its new 'Merican-built car came up. The so-called NMS or New Midsize Sedan will replace the Passat in the US VW lineup. This model will be unique to the North American market, which brought up a question about the last "Americanized" VW. For those not old enough to remember, Volkswagen opened a factory in Westmoreland county Pennsylvania in 1978 and closed it a decade later. When the plant started building the Rabbit (aka MK 1 Golf) VW's home ... Read more →

Review: 2009 Volkswagen CC Sport is a mid-size segment buster Jonny Lieberman

We still cringe upon hearing marketing types utter the phrase "four-door coupe." It's inherently a lie, a scam. Who are they trying to fool? It's not a four-door coupe, it's a sedan with a ...

Volkswagen CC racks up the design awards Noah Joseph

Volkswagen is usually known for its simple, basic, iconic styling; the classic Beetle and the previous-generation Jetta are perfect case studies. Which is why the svelte and streamlined CC – ...

Another new (old) Passat: Shanghai VW Lingyu Jonathon Ramsey

China's already got Volkswagen's Passat in R36 guise, as well as a locally-made, Passat-derived model called the Magotan. Now it's going to have another car based on the Passat called the Lingyu. ...

2009 Volkswagen CC, Passat recalled for steering malfunction Chris Tutor

While sporting around the Southeast in Volkswagen's new CC recently, failure of the steering system was not something we worried about. Apparently, though, it should have been. The National ...

Rendered speculation: 2011 Passat 1 year ago on Autoblog

The rendering specialists at AutoBild have come up with images of the next Passat. It gets a bit more character in the twin swage lines running down the side of the body, a feature that is looking like the next big design thing. The front end continues the tripartite bumper design VW has recently ...

Volkswagen drops "Passat" sticks with "CC" for new sedan 1 year ago on Autoblog

A few of us around the Autoblog offices have made the case that the recently unveiled Volkswagen Passat CC should replace the current model and drop the "CC" suffix altogether. Both are fine looking vehicles, but there doesn't seem to be any need for another variant carrying the Passat name. Well, ...

Geneva 2008: Volkswagen Passat Variant TSI EcoFuel 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above image for gallery of live shots of this high mileage Passat from Geneva The Passat Variant (aka Estate, Wagon, Family Truckster) TSI EcoFuel popped up in Geneva today, joining Volkswagen's other super efficient headline grabber, the Golf TDI Hybrid. This particular VW uses the company's ...

Finalists announced for 2006 World Car of the Year 3 years ago on Autoblog

May I have the envelope, please? Not quite yet. However... the finalists are: BMW 3-Series Honda Civic/Civic Hybrid Land Rover Range Rover Sport Lexus IS Mazda MX-5 Mercedes-Benz M-Class Mercedes-Benz S-Class Porsche Cayman S Suzuki Swift Volkswagen ...






Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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