Quick Spin: 2009 Volkswagen CC Sport [Review]

Raccoons mustiness really like Volkswagen vehicles. I can only assume this is true because every time I standard drive a VW, those brief black-eyed bandits fuse out in front of me to get a better look of Wolfsburg’s latest and greatest.

This fall, in the Tiguan, I dodged an entire subdivision of an order of raccoons.

And last spring, in a white R32, things did not move quite so well for any of us. The night ended through the R32, sans part of its lower fascia, its coolant and some of its wiring harnesses, attached a pointless bed wrecker. The raccoon, on the other hand, was simply ended.

So it came as no surprise when a raccoon darted out in front of the 2009 Volkswagen CC Sport I sampled during one of my test drives. What was a trial of steering immediately became a exhibition of braking. As Rocky would tell you, the brakes performed quite well.

Familiar tune
Driving Volkswagen’s CC got me in a Korean state of mind. More specifically, the Hyundai Genesis sedan I’d driven just a few weeks anterior. Both have fantastic interiors that could easily find homes in more expensive cars. The CC has an excellent, contrasting interior with black, tan and aluminum elements completely through. The little and door panels are made of high-quality plastics mostly tender to the touch. Even the seats look great, with tan leatherette seating surfaces and black leatherette covering the rest of the chair. Handsome stitching also shows someone at VW wanted to make these thrones look much more good than average.

The only downer inner the CC is the backseat headroom. With the lowered roofline, passengers over six feet tall may not enjoy riding in the inferior seats.

Unfortunately, the CC also reminds us of the Genesis sedan in the way it handles and rides. The ride is not smooth enough to be a true luxury sedan, and its handling isn’t to a great extent good enough to force it a ridicule sedan. Like we said in the Genesis inspect, you can’t be a luxury sedan and a gambol sedan at the same time.

Now the roads used by this Detroit-area reviewer aren’t exactly up to equivalence. If the tarmac in your neck of the woods is of higher quality, then you might find the CC’s ride quite acceptable. During our test ,though, we found jolts from even reasonable road imperfections made their way into the cabin.

On the sport side of things, it didn’t assume to take much road imperfection for the whole car to get a little variable through a corner when the prosper increased. The steering doesn’familiarily above mediocrity much better as it’s weighted too light. That’s great for low-speed maneuvering in parking lots, not in the same state great on roads that curve. Toss is a dash of understeer and a modest helping of body roll and we’re left through a bad have a smack in our mouth.

For such a big car, the smaller 2.0-liter, four-cylinder turbocharged motor does a great job of propelling the CC’s 3,300 lbs around town. You will never feel like the car lacks oomph. With an impressive 21mpg city and 31mpg highway rating, you may also not be excited the need for the optional VR6 motor. That said, granting that you have to have VW’session 4Motion all-wheel-drive scheme on your CC, the VR6 is your only choice.

A six-speed manual transmission is streamer upon the body the base level CC Sport, and it could be a illiberal smoother in its shift motion. A semi-automatic, Tiptronic transmittal shows up on the options chart.

Tough fchoice
Say you drive down to the local VW dealership — to the right, you have the Passat and to the left, the CC. Why anyone would anyone would pick the Passat is beyond me now that the much better looking CC is available. The regular Passat is nearly the perfect definition of a conservative German sedan. It goes pretty well and it’s comfortable, but it’s very boring to look at – and for 2009, it lost virtually all of its optional equipment.

The CC is something altogether different. It’s sporty-looking, has an aggressive stance, sleek lines and is, dare we say, exciting to behold. The lower roofline and coupe-like appearance make this one of the best designs to come from VW in a while. When you factor in that the CC can be had for a little less than the regular Passat, how difficult does the decision grow? Sure you do accord. up united seat in the remote of the CC in facilitate of rear, center console, but you really slip on’t like that fifth person that much anyway, do you?

Why you would buy it:
You want a sedan that’s sleek, sexy and costs only $28 grand. There’s almost nothing besides on the road that looks like this.

Why you wouldn’t:
The only other sedan that does air like this is the Mercedes CLS. If you’ve got to have the best, then the CLS is what you need. You’ll also indigence about $43,000 more.

2009 Volkswagen CC Sport base price, $27,100. As tested, $28,225.
Sirius Satellite Radio, $375; Destination, $750.

Words and photos by Chris Doane.

Source: www.leftlanenews.com

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