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Newswheel staff :: 28 May 2006 :: Filed under Cabriolet, Coupe, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Eos, Europe & UK,
Folding hardtops. They’re heavier, more complex, more expensive to engineer and manufacture and rob you of more luggage space when stowed than a conventional fabric roof. That’s not terribly clever. But sod the intellectual argument: a folding hard top is sexier than a swarm of silicone-enchanced C-list celebs, right? Possibly. And there are at least security and safety advantages. More importantly, however, coupe-cabriolets are simply what Joe Punter wants. And who is VW to deny him? Give it up, therefore, for the Eos, VW’s first folding hardtop model…
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Newswheel staff :: 02 March 2006 :: Filed under Cabriolet, Coupe, Ford, Ford Focus, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Eos, Europe & UK, Trade shows, US,
On paper, it’s no contest. The Eos not only packs the classier VW badge. It also has a completely unique body that enables it to sneer at the hatchback derived likes of Ford’s new Focus CC. But in the metal, there’s a lot less separating Ford’s new folding hard-top equipped Focus from VW’s much delayed Golf-based Eos. Both are elegant, desirable and a clear cut above Peugeot’s 307 CC, the Opel/Vauxhall TwinTop and the Renault Megane Coupe-Cabriolet.
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Newswheel staff :: 22 February 2006 :: Filed under Cabriolet, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Eos, Europe & UK, US
So, the Peugeot 307, Renault Megane and Vauxhall Astra are all available with bona fide folding hard tops. But with all three sharing hand-me-down body panels with their deeply ordinary hatchback brethren, they’re permeated with an air of try hard desperation – you just know they’d have their own clothes if they could afford it. Enter the VW Eos. Sure, it’s little more than a re-jigged Golf. But it does boast fully bespoke tailoring all round. And UK pricing has just been revealed…
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Newswheel staff :: 17 November 2005 :: Filed under Cabriolet, Coupe, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Eos, Europe & UK, US
Volkswagen has delayed the launch of Eos coupe-convertible until May 2006. The high profile new model was originally pencilled in for March. The move is part of VW’s “ForMotion Plus” programme which includes efforts to reduce warranty claims to the tune of €500 million.
Update:
According German tome Die Presse, problems with the Eos’s roof mechanism could now delay the car until July 2007…
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Newswheel staff :: 20 October 2005 :: Filed under Cabriolet, Coupe, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Eos, Europe & UK
Another in our occasional line of folding-roof fetishising. This time, it’s VW all-new Golf-based coupe-cabriolet (that’s enough hyphens - Ed).
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Newswheel staff :: 12 September 2005 :: Filed under Cabriolet, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Eos, Europe & UK, Trade shows, US,
VW’s Concept C showcar smelt like a production car when it was unsheathed in Geneva 18 months ago. And so it’s proven with the official unveiling of the Eos four-seater coupe/cabriolet today at the Frankfurt motorshow. It’s an absolute dead ringer for the Concept C.
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