Right this moment’s Good Worth or No Cube CC was VW’s tackle the tiresome “four-door coupe” trope. That’s not its fault; to be honest, it’s a reasonably good-looking take. Let’s see how honest we’d discover its worth.
Have you ever ever perused your native grocery retailer’s marked-down part? That’s the place you discover ticking time bomb perishables and less-popular flavors of the whole lot else. The decrease costs could also be a siren’s track, however do you actually need to eat any of that stuff? An analogous conundrum confronted us over yesterday’s 2013 Dodge Dart SXT Rallye. At $4,475, it was loads low-cost, however would it not be smart to spend even that quantity on an outdated, arguably unpopular Dodge with a pure, uncut Fiat drivetrain? Fortuitously for the vendor, a slim majority of you felt it might. The outcome was a 52 p.c Good Worth win.
Hey, fast query: what’s your opinion on the automotive time period coupe? That phrase derives from the French coupé, a time period describing a “four-wheeled closed horse-drawn carriage for 2 individuals inside with an outdoor seat for the motive force in entrance.” In automotive parlance, coupe was lengthy used to explain a closed-roof automobile with two doorways. That every one modified within the fall of 1962 when Rover launched the P5 Mark II Coupé, which provided a rakish roof and… (gulp) 4 doorways.
I’m a purist, and nonetheless a lot I just like the P5 (and I do prefer it a complete lot), I nonetheless don’t absolutely settle for the thought of a coupe with greater than two doorways. In my thoughts, it’s simply dangerous juju.
That’s why I take subject with as we speak’s 2014 Volkswagen CC VR6 4Motion Government. Not the automobile itself, thoughts you, simply with folks calling it a four-door coupe owing to its attractive Flanders roofline. Fortuitously, in VW parlance, CC doesn’t stand for Coupe Squared as you may think, however for Consolation Coupe, which is sort of equally as befuddling contemplating its again seat is an efficient bit much less roomy than its similarly-sized platform mate, the Passat.
Throughout its 2008 by means of 2016 run, the CC was arguably the best-looking mannequin in VW’s lineup. Nonetheless, nothing lasts perpetually, and the corporate kicked the CC to the curb in favor of the much less enticing and awkwardly named Arteon in 2017. That mannequin, since, has additionally been given the heave-ho.
Over the course of its nine-year run right here within the States, the CC misplaced the Passat connection in its identify and gained a center seat on the again bench. It might be fitted from the manufacturing facility with both a turbo 2-litre 4 or an elective 3.6-litre V6.
This clean-title 2014 CC has the 276-horsepower VR6 underneath its hood. That’s paired with a six-speed DSG automated—the one transmission VW provided with the six—and the elective 4Motion AWD system.
Actually, this automobile seems to be loaded to the gills with commonplace and elective gear, making it not only a comfy experience but additionally completely bougie. A number of the extra notable options embody leather-based upholstery, heated, ventilated, and massaging entrance seats, a premium Dynaudio sound system, and an electrical rear window shade to maintain rear-seat passengers from struggling sunstroke.
Painted in a mature metallic grey and carrying un-curbed manufacturing facility alloys, the automobile seems fairly good, too. The one noticeable flaw on the outside is a lacking tow hook cap. New winter tires are an added plus. The cabin is equally as much as the duty, and with simply 67,632 miles underneath its belt, it isn’t even exhibiting noticeable put on on the tactile surfaces.
In line with the vendor, the automobile is in “nice form” and can be a turnkey automobile for any new proprietor if, actually, it began with a key. As an alternative, it has keyless entry and push-button begin, so determine your personal metaphor. The asking worth for this loaded CC is $14,495.
That appears like a whole lot of automobile for the cash, or at the least a whole lot of package and caboodle. And it comes with that sweet-sounding and fairly highly effective 3.6 VR6, in addition. However is it truly a very good deal?
What do you say? Is that this decade-old and closely outfitted VW a stable discount at that $14,495 asking? Or does its heavy load of options and gear presage issues down the highway and therefore demand a cheaper price now?
You resolve!
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H/T to James Bennett for the hookup!
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