Volkswagen New Compact Coupe Concept

[2o6]

What a lazy name for a lazy car.


It's by no means ugly, but the name is ugly, it has the same generic face as the golf, the sides are unintresting (though well proportioned) and the interior is a generic VW partsbin with outlandish colors. It looks good, but golly, VW has no imagination whatsoever.








http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/11/detroit-2010-volkswagen-new-compact-coupe-concept-w-video/

[68_427]

It would sell.

[SVT666]

Looks sharp...which means it looks nothing like a VW.

[CALL_911]

Looks sharp...which means it looks nothing like a VW.

Maybe the Jetta's frumpy, but if you think the Golf/GTI, the Passat/CC and the Touareg and Tiguan don't look good, you must be blind.

[SVT666]

Maybe the Jetta's frumpy, but if you think the Golf/GTI, the Passat/CC and the Touareg and Tiguan don't look good, you must be blind.

This and the CC don't look like VWs.  This thing actually looks like an Audi from the back and there's some 3 Series int here too. 

[ChrisV]

the name is the concept name, much like teh New Beetle was teh Concept 1. When it comes to the US, it'll probably be called the Jetta Coupe, as it's a lot like what we know of the new Jetta sedan:



I actually like the Coupe quite a bit.

[2o6]

the name is the concept name, much like teh New Beetle was teh Concept 1. When it comes to the US, it'll probably be called the Jetta Coupe, as it's a lot like what we know of the new Jetta sedan:



I actually like the Coupe quite a bit.

That picture is a chop.


However, if it comes to the market, it will be the best looking compact on sale.

[CJ]

This is very bland.

[Xer0]

It looks like an Audi. 

[ChrisV]

That picture is a chop.

Yes. It was done by VW Vortex, as the actual Coupe show car was made from a new Jetta sedan that had longer doors made, and the rear door area filled in. The roofline of the coupe IS the roofline of the Jetta sedan. So even though it's a chop, it's as accurate as you're going to see, even in pictures of the real car.

[Vinsanity]

As uninteresting as that coupe may look, it's the most interesting VW to me since they teased us with their little mid-engine diesel roadster concept

[Pommes-T]

This is awesome. Reminds me a bit of the Audi A5. If the price isn't too high, this can be a great car.

[the Teuton]

I was going to say that I liked the way it looked. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if this car is the beginning of VW's cheap car resurgence, relatively speaking.

[r0tor]

This is awesome. Reminds me a bit of the Audi A5. If the price isn't too high, this can be a great car.

i was thinking the same

[Raza]

[omicron]

It's absolutely fantastic: crisp, handsome and better-resolved than both the A4 and 5, and much better-looking than the gaudy, tacky new Focus. The interior, too, is just delightful. Finally - clean and taut triumphs over trendy and contrived.

[Tave]

It squints, but otherwise pleases.

[Submariner]

[FoMoJo]

Nothing to stir the soul.  However, I do like the seats.

[Vinsanity]

I do admit that it's looking better the more I look at it, but if it's going to be priced against the Hyundai GenCoupe and the Toyota AE86, then this will continue to be a choice more for sorority girls than performance enthusiasts. Pretty car, though.

[Raza]

I do admit that it's looking better the more I look at it, but if it's going to be priced against the Hyundai GenCoupe and the Toyota AE86, then this will continue to be a choice more for sorority girls than performance enthusiasts. Pretty car, though.

I'm thinking (hoping) this will be more Corrado than Eos.

But damn, the Eos looks good.  I wish they had a performance version of it.

[nickdrinkwater]

Bland as hell.  VW are becoming automotive white goods.   I can't see even an ounce of inspiration or risk in the design.  The rear end is pure Audi, at least when VW copied the Audi grille it was stylish.  The interior just looks like a Golf VI interior with nicer door inserts and expensive seats.

This thing looks like a snooze-fest along the lines of the old shape Civic coupe.  Slushbox as well, to add insult to injury.

By the time this thing hits the streets in two years (they say it'll take that long, it's a concept) it'll be a non-event.

Give me the Scirocco over this any day.

[Atomic]

they nailed it! i like the fact that we can buy a sporty golf gti hatchback or this restrained classic styled coupe at the same dealership. truly good things have been coming from vw since my favorite, the "cc" was introduced. vw interiors have come a long way, too. look at the supportive seats of the jetta coupe. the audi-like taillights might bother some, but i do not mind that aspect, given that the rest of the car looks more 3-series bmw coupe, imo.

[Payman]

Fantastic. 

[Minpin]

It squints, but otherwise pleases.

Totally read that as squirts.

[AltinD]

Bland as hell.  VW are becoming automotive white goods.   I can't see even an ounce of inspiration or risk in the design.  The rear end is pure Audi, at least when VW copied the Audi grille it was stylish.  The interior just looks like a Golf VI interior with nicer door inserts and expensive seats.

This thing looks like a snooze-fest along the lines of the old shape Civic coupe.  Slushbox as well, to add insult to injury.

By the time this thing hits the streets in two years (they say it'll take that long, it's a concept) it'll be a non-event.

Give me the Scirocco over this any day.

1. The so called Audi grille was actually a evolution of the B5.5 Passat grille since 2001

2. It has a DSG, no more slushboxes for VW

[AltinD]

LOL, how come no one have commented yet about the car being a HYBRID

[r0tor]

does it sound like "haaaaaaaaaaaaaa" ?

[ChrisV]

1. The so called Audi grille was actually a evolution of the B5.5 Passat grille since 2001

yeah, kinda, but...

the Audi grille design came from the 2003 nuvolari show car:



Which is NOT an evolution of the Passat grille. it was then put on the '04 A8 W12:



the so-called Audi grille on the VWs, copied the Audi drop to the lower valance, though it had a bigger split between the upper and lower grilles..

[AltinD]

The Passat B5.5 was the first car to feature the bumper cut in the middle from hood lines accompanying the grille and dropping till the lower bumper. What VW (or Audi if you will) did was evolving the idea and making it more pronounced visually and of course joining the lower grille with the upper one.

Audi did said back then the grille was a tribute to classic NSU cars of the '30s, however the first design element for it came with the Passat



PS. Audi and VW are NOT separate companies, the later owns and control the former.