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Driven: Volkswagen Passat CC GT

Elegant and refined. Forty years ago these two words would not have been used to describe the Beetles bought in droves by the counterculture in the US; a symbol of the hippy movement and the definitive people's car, designed at a time when Germany sought to put people in motion. With the Passat CC, however, Volkswagen is indeed making a sharp move away from the ‘volks wagen', and these two words rolled off the tongues of those who saw the car in all three countries we drove through on our winter holiday.

Volkswagen Cross Coupé: VW compact hybrid SUV Concept at Tokyo

Volkswagen Cross Coupé Concept at Tokyo Volkswagen to debut the VW Cross Coupe Concept at the Tokyo Motor Show, a compact hybrid SUV that’s smaller than a Tiguan and bigger than a golf. Volkswagen are taking the VW Cross Coupe to the Tokyo Motor Show this week, and it looks a bit like they’ve taken inspiration for their new car from every successful current car niche, in the hope the cross coupe will strike a chord with buyers. From the name – which VW used for the concept version of the Q3 – to a bit of SUV, a small dose of swoopy coupe all wrapped up in a crossover, the Cross Coupe appears to be conceived to be all things to all car buyers.

Mitsubishi Shogun Black launches

Mitsubishi Shogun Black revealed Mitsubishi has added a limited edition Shogun at the top of the range – the Mitsubishi Shogun Black. Recently we had the Mitsubishi ASX Black arrive with all the toys in Mitsubishi’s options box thrown at the compact SUV to produce a credible range-topper. And now Mitsubishi are pulling the same trick on the real-deal SUV with the reveal of the Mitsubishi Shogun Black.