Volkswagen has cut out many options from the trim levels
The Volkswagen CC 2024, also known as the Volkswagen Passat CC 2024, was presented in China. The car has not changed externally, but has received revised configurations: for some reason, the equipment has been greatly reduced. And this is quite strange: while Chinese automakers bring cheaper versions to the market (they are most often called Honor Edition) and with improved equipment, Volkswagen leaves prices at the same level and makes the equipment poorer. As if there is no one to compete with in the Chinese market.
Cost of Volkswagen Passat CC 2024 in the basic version — 35.75 thousand dollars, in the top — 41.7 thousand dollars. For comparison, the newest Toyota Camry on the local market is 10 thousand dollars cheaper.
Wireless charging for smartphones, heated front seats, and a cooled glove box were removed from the equipment of the basic version, but a rear view camera was added. Heated front seats have become an option, for which you need to pay $140. You have to pay the same amount extra for keyless entry and ambient lighting, a tire pressure monitoring system and 19-inch wheels come as a package for $280.
From the middle version, they also removed the cooled glove box, auto-dimming exterior mirrors (now an option for $55), tinting and door lighting, but added a set of driver assistance systems. Blind spot monitoring and all-round visibility systems will cost the buyer an additional $515. The equipment of the top version was not revised.
Despite the fact that the power of the 2.0-liter turbo engines has not changed (186 and 220 hp), the engines now have new designations: DTH instead of DLP for the younger one and DTJ instead of DKX for the older one. Both engines work with a 7-speed «robot» DSG.