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  • Volkswagen Arteon R and Arteon R Shooting Brake
    04/16/21

    The new Arteon R and Arteon R Shooting Brake: A new fusion of gran turismo and sports car

    The new Arteon R and the Arteon R Shooting Brake are unmistakably true R models. With an output of 235 kW / 320 PS, these are now the top models in the series – and this power has rarely been available in a more elegant form. Both models impress with accomplished design, exceptional driving comfort and pure performance. At Volkswagen-Newsroom.en, media representatives can now access extensive material consisting of written information, photos, footage, and sound clips from developers and testers, offering detailed explanations of the new top models.
  • Volkswagen Arteon R Shooting Brake and Arteon R
    12/10/20

    Arteon and Arteon R Shooting Brake: presales of the new performance models now underway

    The Arteon and Arteon Shooting Brake are the sporty avant-garde models among company and touring cars. In the product line revamped in autumn 2020, Volkswagen is now starting presales of the flagship models: the Arteon R and Arteon R Shooting Brake with a powerful and efficient 235 kW (320 PS) four-cylinder turbocharged engine (TSI). This high power is transferred to the four wheels by a new all-wheel drive system: 4MOTION with R-Performance Torque Vectoring. The fastback version with its coupé-style rear end costs 61.484,87 euros in Germany; prices for the Shooting Brake as a dynamic reinterpretation of the estate car start from 62,347,56 euros.
  • 07/09/20

    Summer highlight 2020: pre-sales of the new Arteon and Arteon Shooting Brake started

    Volkswagen is launching the new Arteon on the market and, as a first, offering a second body version at the same time: the new Arteon Shooting Brake. It redefines the concept of an estate with an emphatically sporty rear end. Pre-sales of both models starts now. As a fastback with coupé-style rear, Volkswagen has set the starting price for the Arteon at 43,524.37 euros; prices for the Shooting Brake start at 44,387.06 euros. The official launch will take place at the beginning of November. Towards the end of the year, both Arteon models will also be available with a plug-in hybrid drive and as R models with a Performance TSI engine.

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Stories

Volkswagen Arteon R Shooting Brake, Arteon eHybrid Elegance and Arteon Shooting Brake eHybrid R-Line
07/17/20

The highlights of the new Arteon

The advance sale for the new Arteon is running. For the first time Volkswagen is offering the model in two body versions. As before, as a coupé-like Fastback and as a spacious Shooting Brake with a distinctly sporty rear end. In both versions, the new Arteon scores with numerous innovations. We show selected examples.
Volkswagen Arteon Shooting Brake Elegance and Arteon eHybrid Elegance
06/26/20

“A wonderful long-distance travelling companion”

Coinciding with the world premiere there is a lot of praise for the new Arteon and the new Arteon Shooting Brake. Those fans include Jürgen Stackmann, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen brand responsible for Sales, and Klaus Zyciora, Head of Volkswagen Group Design. With the Fastback and Shooting Brake there will be two versions of the Arteon in future. The entire series will receive a comprehensive technical update.