Volkswagen of America welcomes the all-new Volkswagen Passat CC, an evocative new coupe with sedan access and functionality. The Volkswagen Passat CC features a muscular shoulder line, which visually connects the front wheel wells to the taillights, providing the emotional and expressive stance of a sports coupe with the convenience of a sedan.

The Passat CC will come standard in the U.S. with the 2.0 TSI engine with 200 horsepower and 207 lbs.-ft of torque, available with either a six-speed manual or six-speed Tiptronic transmission. Available optionally is the 3.6L FSI, rated at 280 horsepower and 266 lbs.-ft of torque. The 3.6L FSI comes standard with the six-speed Tiptronic transmission.

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DARPA Urban Challenge, an autonomous driving challenge where vehicles traverse an urban environment for 60 miles — merging with moving traffic, navigating traffic circles and busy intersections, avoiding obstacles and finding parking spots. Out of 167 teams who participated in the DARPA “Site Visit” in June and July 2007, 35 were chosen to advance to the National Qualifying Event, held October 26-31.

“Junior” — a Passat wagon modified by the Volkswagen Electronics Research Laboratory (ERL) in Palo Alto, Calif. in cooperation with Stanford University has successfully finished the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge.

“We could not be more pleased with our finish in this tough competition,” said Dr. Burkhard Huhnke, executive director, Electronics Research Laboratory, Volkswagen of America, Inc. “Junior performed exceptionally and has helped provide Volkswagen with valuable information as we continue to work on advancing passenger safety technologies and help to bring these technologies to future drivers.

“Pushing the concept of driver assistance to its limit, a car will someday be able to drive autonomously, either temporarily or for the full extent of the drive,” said Dr. Sebastian Thrun, associate professor of computer science and electrical engineering, Stanford University. “Junior has been an excellent means to test the many aspects of autonomous driving technology; these can be used for immediate applications in more “conventional” driver assistance and safety systems.“

230 km/h in only 10s or 9.97@143mph

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Incredibly small prices…

PS: just in ads, in the real life to buy a VW broke your pocket…

Speedy Gonzalez love VW Golf GTI…

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A wonder of the modern world,and shurely the best Volkswaggen ever made!

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For model year 2007, Volkswagen of America, Inc. will offer a lineup of special edition models with unique characteristics to create excitement in showrooms and individuality among owners. The Wolfsburg Edition Jetta, Fahrenheit GTI, Fahrenheit GLI and Triple White New Beetle convertible will build on the already great features of the standard versions of these models, with elements and design cues exclusive to these special editions. The Wolfsburg Edition Jetta, available now, is the first of these special edition models to hit showrooms.

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