Volkswagen Is Hunting BMW And Mercedes With A New Premium Four-Door Coupe

In an unusual move for a German brand, Volkswagen has released a fairly detailed teaser design drawing three months ahead of its motor show debut
Volkswagen Is Hunting BMW And Mercedes With A New Premium Four-Door Coupe

Volkswagen is going upmarket again, but rather than replace the ill-fated Phaeton directly, the new Arteon is going to sit just a little above the Passat.

That potentially puts it in direct competition with the Volkswagen Group’s own Audi A7, as well as rivals from BMW and Mercedes.

Three months before the covers come off at the Geneva Motor Show, Volkswagen has sent out a teaser drawing of the four-door coupé. It looks reminiscent of the CC, formerly the Passat CC, but with even sleeker lines befitting a concept car.

That said, it also looks pretty close to a production-ready design. Let’s hope the name doesn’t stick, though. It’s a bit pretentious. It’s a conjunction of ‘art’, because it’s fit to hang in any gallery, obviously, and ‘eon’, which is Volkswagen’s recently-adopted suffix indicating a special premium model.

We don’t yet know whether the Arteon, or whatever it ends up being called, will be sold in Europe or the US but it’s almost guaranteed to go to China. It’s also likely to use hybrid and electric power as well as internal combustion.

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Comments

Anonymous

So..any emmission jokes here?

11/28/2016 - 11:33 |
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Joshua Lue

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Of course. People need to let off some smoke.

11/28/2016 - 11:42 |
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Joshua Lue

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11/28/2016 - 11:42 |
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Anonymous

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well its coming up to exam time over here so the teenagers like Volkswagen are too busy figuring out how to cheat on their tests.

11/28/2016 - 14:43 |
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Fireteanu Alexandru-Mihai

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No,but…

11/28/2016 - 17:21 |
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Fireteanu Alexandru-Mihai

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No,but…

11/28/2016 - 17:21 |
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Anonymous

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11/28/2016 - 11:34 |
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Anonymous

Let’s hope for a GLI…

11/28/2016 - 11:34 |
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Anonymous

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11/28/2016 - 11:34 |
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Anonymous

Let’s hope for a GLI…

11/28/2016 - 11:35 |
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Anonymous

I hope they make a GLI…

11/28/2016 - 11:35 |
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Jambret Chinatown

Arteon

Art-emmission-on

11/28/2016 - 11:36 |
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Anonymous

If you can’t buy them, beat them ! (Or let them inhale your exhaust fumes while you pass them)

11/28/2016 - 11:40 |
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🎺🎺thank mr skeltal

Did they at least ask Honda before using the grille design?

11/28/2016 - 12:02 |
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Yeah but (Caution! About to commit internet suicide!) the new NSX is a bit bad. And isn’t a proper Honda. AND doesn’t have a chassis developed by Ayrton Senna. So uh, yeah.

11/28/2016 - 16:37 |
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OdysseyTag

Really looking forward to seeing that VW family face on some of their other models. A Polo/Golf/Jetta/Touareg/Amarok with that integrated grille and headlamp cluster and DRLs would look quite nice.

11/28/2016 - 12:02 |
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