Volkswagen Planning CC Shooting Brake

The Germans pioneered a new segment when the Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class hit the market in 2004. A few years later, Volkswagen got in on the four-door coupe segment with the more budget-friendly Passat CC. Now that Mercedes has taken a significant step down-market with the new CLA, Volks is said to be preparing an even cheaper Golf-based CC as well. But with Mercedes also having spun its four-door coupe into the CLS Shooting Brake, word has it that VW is contemplating a similar move with stylish a five-door model of its own.

The swoopy wagon would be based on the next-generation CC, itself to be based on the next Passat. (That is, the European model, anyway. The North American Passat is a different model entirely.) As such it would offer similar powertrain options, including a 4Motion all-wheel-drive version and a potential hybrid model, too. Of course whether the CC Shooting Brake (if approved, and whatever name it might go by) would make it to the North American market would remain to be seen. The standard Passat Variant wagon is a popular model in Europe and other markets, but is no longer offered Stateside.