Originally Posted By: KrisZ
Yeah, but isn't the CC the European Passat? Something that most reviews and internet Monday quarter backers were bellyaching about when VW introduced the Americanized Passat version. So they gave what apparently a lot of enthusiasts wanted, the European Passat, and apparently it's too expensive.
I guess the expectation was that it would've been priced like a Camry LE, and even then they would find something to gripe about.
Car enthusiasts, for the most part, are the worst group to take advice on which models will be popular or not. They will be chest thumping how they would buy that manual, 300hp sports wagon in a heart beat if it was only available, only to have pathetically dismal sales when such a model arrives. But of course, reading the magazines and forum, one would thing it would sell like hot cakes.
The B6 Passat was an enthusiasts car priced like a Camry. It had the same engine as the CC (even to this day) and the similar sporty chasis. It won Motortrends sedan shootout back in 2008 going away. It was an incredible car for the money. I got mine new for $18,900. It was close to the A4 in performance and fun-to-drive factor but not close in price.
It was also a fairly successful era for VW in America and they talked about expanding which led them to turn the B7 into a Camry without the reliability. They tried to grab market share by trying to be like "america's best selling car" and in the process lost a lot of their old customers while failing to move people out of Camrys and into Passats.
Yeah, but isn't the CC the European Passat? Something that most reviews and internet Monday quarter backers were bellyaching about when VW introduced the Americanized Passat version. So they gave what apparently a lot of enthusiasts wanted, the European Passat, and apparently it's too expensive.
I guess the expectation was that it would've been priced like a Camry LE, and even then they would find something to gripe about.
Car enthusiasts, for the most part, are the worst group to take advice on which models will be popular or not. They will be chest thumping how they would buy that manual, 300hp sports wagon in a heart beat if it was only available, only to have pathetically dismal sales when such a model arrives. But of course, reading the magazines and forum, one would thing it would sell like hot cakes.
The B6 Passat was an enthusiasts car priced like a Camry. It had the same engine as the CC (even to this day) and the similar sporty chasis. It won Motortrends sedan shootout back in 2008 going away. It was an incredible car for the money. I got mine new for $18,900. It was close to the A4 in performance and fun-to-drive factor but not close in price.
It was also a fairly successful era for VW in America and they talked about expanding which led them to turn the B7 into a Camry without the reliability. They tried to grab market share by trying to be like "america's best selling car" and in the process lost a lot of their old customers while failing to move people out of Camrys and into Passats.