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Volkswagen is not messing around when it characterizes its new MQB architecture as modular. It's already underpinning the
VW Golf,
Audi A3,
Seat Leon and
Skoda Octavia, and will soon form the basis for many more. And here is the latest.
Unveiled at the
Chengdu Motor Show in China this weekend is the new Volkswagen Lamando, a four-door coupe similar in size to a
Jetta but with the svelter roofline of the larger
Passat-based
CC to go after the
Mercedes-Benz CLA. It's essentially the production version of the
New Midsize Coupe concept that previewed its arrival at the
Beijing Motor Show this past April, and will be built locally for local consumption by VW's joint venture with
SAIC.
Power comes from either a 1.4- or 2.0-liter turbo four mated to a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox, with an equivalent price tag below $30,000. Whether this or any similar vehicle ever arrives in North American showrooms remains to be seen, but we'll be watching to find out. In the meantime you can scope it out in the trippy video
below and the photos in the gallery above.
Continue reading Lamando is Chinese for VW Jetta CC [w/video]
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