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Detroit Auto Show: Volkswagen New Compact Coupe (NCC) concept

HI-RES GALLERY: Detroit Auto Show: Volkswagen New Compact Coupe (NCC) concept

Now that VW has launched its new 2010 Golf hatchback, it will turn its attention to the 2011 Volkswagen Jetta sedan, which shares mechanicals with the Golf.

This morning at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show, VW will take the wraps off a new hybrid concept vehicle called the New Compact Coupe. It's widely assumed to be a lightly disguised version of a new coupe that will supplement next year's new 2011 Volkswagen Jetta sedan.

The Volkswagen NCC concept features a hybrid-electric powertrain that VW says will return 45 miles per gallon. That's fuel efficiency as good or better than the company's popular 2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI clean diesel.

The hybrid system mates a 150-horsepower 1.4-liter TSI four-cylinder engine—with both direct injection and intercooling—to a small electric motor and a seven-speed Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG) transmission.

The 20-kilowatt electric motor mostly adds power to the engine output, though VW notes that the system can also operate in all-electric mode coasting or cruising at low loads. Energy is stored in a 1.1-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack.

Volkswagen quotes a top speed for the NCC concept of 141 mph, and 0-to-60-mph acceleration in 8.1 seconds, keeping the Jetta's sports sedan credentials intact even while doubling its gas mileage.

Inside, the concept has four bucket seats upholstered in striking--if impractical--Berry White leather with darker Quartz highlights. Chrome trim and bezels surround the eight-inch touch screen for the audio and navigation systems.

The trunk of the 178-inch-long car holds a capacious 13.4 cubic feet of luggage.





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  1. By  ASB Posted: 1/11/2010 10:07am PST

    Well I hate being so negative, when it's a good technical effort on the part of VW to get better milage, so no critiscm of the powertrain from me ok, but...
    My issue is with the new VW styling language (inside and out)which it has recently adopted at it's collective peril...
    Many may disagree with me and feel welcome to "vent", but I look at this car and think it has no individuality. VW badges removed and it could be taken for a BMW, a Honda, perhaps a Toyota, and the designers have robbed ideas if not parts from wealthy sister Audi! (Where has the brand differential gone?)
    It is annodyne in the extreme. It's as if VW has decided to (try to) appeal to all by "morphing" all its competitive manufacturer's designs into one. The result...terminal boredom, unless you are into a game called "spot the design influence", and I have named a few already. It's styling by commitee - a dead end street in visual terms.
    I want to see character, elegance, daring, simplicity and presence. I want to see a company running ahead of the pack with brave designs like the Mk1 Scirroco and Golf did in the mid 70's, not be part of some amorphous group that is indistinguishable from the the also rans of auto design.
    Please VW, be daring, imaginative and progressive. Take a leap into the future. You will find far more eager followers (and buyers) if you adopt the "Avatar" approach to your car styling, rather than this regressive, multi- derivative bland offering.
    I regard it and weep.
     
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  2. By PS Posted: 1/11/2010 11:44am PST

    I agree with the sentiment about the styling.
    My first reaction to looking at the car was 'blah'.
    I want a distinctive car with german 'autobahn' feel when I buy a volkswagen.
    Their current trend is making it very unlikely I will buy a VW.
     
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  3. By April Posted: 2/11/2010 6:10pm PST

    I beg to differ with both the previous postings. As a long time VW fan I love the new car and the direction that VW is going. Keep up the great work and I look forward to when this car hits the market because I will be one of the first one's to test drive it. If it drives as well as it looks then I will buy it.
     
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  4. By mark Posted: 2/17/2010 6:05pm PST

    I love VW, but i have noticed all their cars are starting to look alike. which turns me off, the lupo, polo, and golf are all the same thing just different sizes. i'm with ASB, i think they should try something different. it's the peoples car, and not everyone is the same, so why should our cars be.
     
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