After driving the new Volkswagen CC with the VR6 engine, one has to wonder: Who really needs Audi, after all? For that matter, who needs BMW or Mercedes? Perhaps we should keep them around as role models. There are still some luxury benchmarks VW has not achieved. With its swept roofline arching nearly the length of the car, the CC (Comfort Coupe) in black paint could easily be confused with a Mercedes-Benz. Positioned atop the food chain after the passing of the late, great Phaeton, the CC covers a broad range of buyers, from $26,790 for the 200-horsepower, turbo-charged 4-cylinder Sport version to $39,300 for the V6-powered, all-wheel-drive VR6 4Motion. I took a spin in the latest version...
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