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VOLKSWAGEN EOS
JULY 2006, ISSUE #11.0
Volkswagen EOS
ARTICLE INFORMATION
PHOTOS
click image for enlargement
Sidebar
?Spec Comparison
By Nick Kurczewski
July 2006, Issue #11.0
Athens, Greece -
Volkswagen wants car buyers to see its new Eos convertible as more than a Rabbit with a cool retractable hard
top, and as a quantum leap away from the wobbly structured Cabrio that came before. Top down, those old
Cabs offered plenty of fun in the sun, but the awkward-looking high stack created by the folded roof-and the
basket-handle center roll bar-meant that they looked as menacing as a baby carriage. It didn’t help matters
that, dynamically speaking, they did not inspire confidence.
We’re here to tell you that the Eos is more than a decapitated Rabbit. A simple glance at the specification sheet
reveals that there’s a fairly good mix of Golf V and Passat underneath that chunky bodywork. The platform is
predominantly Golf-based, albeit with a wider track and a suspension that borrows heavily from the Passat. A
windshield frame made out of hot-stamped and ultra-high-strength steel, along with a steel tube running down
the doors, behind the front…