Volkswagen Passat CC receives the 2009 red dot Design Award

Volkswagen Passat CCVolkswagen Passat CC, the first four-door coupe from the German manufacturer received the “red dot Design Award 2009 – Best of the Best”, which represents one of the most coveted awards that a designer can win for a creative product. But this is not the only award for the German car: back in March, the Passat CC received the “iF Product Design Award 2009? in Hanover but also the “Australian International Design Award” in the “Automotive and Transport” category.
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B7FAN - 7/1/2009 4:06:18 PM

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okay SO WHY DIDNT MERCEDES GET IT BEING THAT THIS IS A CARBON COPY CLS WITH A VW ENGINE IN IT.

...................JUST DOESNT MAKE SENSE TO ME AT LEAST MAYBE SOMEONE CAN BREAK IT DOWN TO ME

B7FAN - 7/1/2009 4:09:07 PM

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HERE IS THE MEANING OF THE RED DOT DESIGN AWARD (BELOW) AND AGAIN TELL ME WHY MERCEDES DID NOT GET THIS AWARD FOR THE CLS


(The Red dot design award is a large and coveted[1] international product design prize awarded by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Essen, Germany. The aim of the prize is to honor outstanding design quality and trendsetters.)

Agent00R - 7/1/2009 4:51:21 PM

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While I will not claim the CC as a trendsetter, I will say it is a cleaner, more conservative take on the CLS -- check out my review for more information.

B7FAN - 7/2/2009 7:40:06 AM

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yeah but you can say they took an existing design and carbon copied it I still think the CLS is hotter than the Passat CC any day of the week.....But they should NOT have received this award for copying and the mercedes has a cleaner more aggressive look than the CC

sector - 7/1/2009 5:21:26 PM

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"design prize awarded by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Essen, Germany"

that's like North Koreans awarding Kim Jung-Il the "Golfer of the year award" based on him scoring "38 underpar" with multiple "hole-in-ones" thrown in.

sector - 7/1/2009 5:22:06 PM

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on his "first" attempt...

rxh8me9000 - 7/2/2009 12:26:24 AM

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The CC is good looking in person. The CLS still looks amazing in white (my opinion) but it is a little played out.

LexSucks - 7/2/2009 1:06:01 PM

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If the cc actually offered any performance I would have considered one. Look at the performance numbers. A V6 Honda Accord will give the cc the business.