Used 2012 Volkswagen CC Sport Sedan 4D

If you value high style but appreciate a relatively low level of angst in your automotive purchase, the 2012 VW CC may be right up your automotive alley. Especially in its base 2.0T form, the CC provides quite a bit of stylistic bang for your automotive (under $30K) buck. Volkswagen, to be sure, hasn’t been the gold standard in automotive reliability, but service costs are typically a fraction of BMW, MB and Audi – at least once their respective warranties have expired.

If your needs for a 4-door sedan are based on real practicality and accommodation, the CC will come up short, in both rear-seat space (only two will fit) and flexibility. Thankfully, the rear seat does fold, but that added utility doesn’t make up for a relatively small trunk opening. This is, in the end, a 4-door that can’t mimic a minivan; it’s a 4-door conveying the sporting ambience of a GT. And while its MSRP followed the previous Passat’s rather closely, with the reduction in price of VW’s newest large sedan, the CC’s price gap has widened to the point you could acquire a pre-owned Golf with the difference.