| This year, VW offers the convertible Eos. The | | | | amazing roof can be slid back to open up the |
| car gave superb attention to detail and to | | | | elements, though there is some cabin bluster. |
| the structure. VW is proud of the fact that | | | | The car is offered with a choice of four |
| it has been able to fit a shorter, more | | | | petrol engines and one diesel, plus two trims |
| upright windscreen, due to the car's | | | | - standard or Sport. |
| excellent rigidity. | | | | |
| | | | The Eos competes with the Vauxhall Astra |
| The car is shake-free and with a refined VW | | | | TwinTop, Ford Focus CC, Volvo C70, Renault |
| muffler. As a result, the ride is supple | | | | Megane CC and the Peugeot 307 CC. |
| unless you hit a deep pothole. The handling | | | | |
| is taut and composed, and has good steering. | | | | The roof takes 25 seconds to fold away. It is |
| Due to fine insulation, the VW is made a | | | | operated by a chrome lever behind the |
| great cruiser. | | | | handbrake. Sacrificing some luggage space is |
| | | | a big "NO". It drops from 380 liters to 205 |
| The Golf GTI-sourced 2.0-litre turbo is one | | | | liters. Also, there's no facility to raise |
| of the popular engine choices for Eos. It | | | | the roof within the boot when folded, to aid |
| gives pace, effortless grunt and crisp. By | | | | luggage access. The roof, however, which |
| using this engine, the gearshift action is | | | | contains 470 components, is amazingly well |
| good too. | | | | packaged, allows a lot of light to get in the |
| | | | car and is fast to rise when rain clouds |
| Volkswagen partly patterned Eos' styling from | | | | gather. |
| the Golf and the Jetta. A huge difference is | | | | |
| that the Eos has a unique design of | | | | Found in the interior are seats for four, |
| headlights. However, it borrowed the chrome | | | | with spacious knee clearance for those in the |
| grille from the Jetta. As a result, Eos does | | | | back, and an appealing cabin design. It is |
| not look out of place alongside Audi's | | | | broadly Golf based, but a few individual |
| desirable A4 Cabriolet, considering it shares | | | | touches set it apart. Seats and driving |
| a platform with the humble hatch, albeit | | | | position are great too. Even better, running |
| lengthened, with a wider track, and | | | | costs will be low; all variants are |
| redeveloped with components including Passat | | | | economical, inexpensive to service whether |
| rear suspension. | | | | you choose fixed or variable intervals and |
| | | | retain a high proportion of their list price. |
| As the first-ever VW folding hard-top, Eos | | | | The VW is, however, notably more expensive |
| has a five-piece folding roof and has been | | | | than key competitors, and the overall package |
| dubbed by VW a 'CSC', which stands for "coupe | | | | is spoilt slightly by a mean one-year |
| sunroof convertible". That is basically | | | | breakdown recovery deal. |
| because the front glass section of the | | | | |