The new Volkswagen Cabriolet-Coupe is to be called Eos

The rear end. The rear section of this design study is similarly athletic, with the wings gently curving up over the wheelhouses, which is why the aerodynamically fashioned edge of the boot lid is embedded between the wings. This particular feature alone already produces a dynamic effect.

The silhouette.

Regardless of whether the roof of the concept C is up or down, the vehicle's side silhouette is determined chiefly by the tapered design of its rear end. Other particularly conspicuous features are the joints running along the vehicle's side and the fact that both the bonnet and the boot lid reach all the way down into the wings. The line dividing the bonnet and the front wings extends quasi seamlessly into the line marking the lower edge of the side windows. The rear one of these lid joints (i.e. the material demarcation between the boot lid and the wings) extends the sweep of the side window in a dynamic contrary motion. Even when the roof is up, the interplay of all the forms visible at the side of the vehicle produces an extremely elegant, aesthetically appealing contour.

When it is down, a side view of the concept C reveals all the charismatic charm of a classic cabriolet. Convention was not at play in the homogeneous design of the windscreen frame (a stand-alone element in its own right), which, as already described, because it does not extend all too far into the interior, affords vehicle occupants unadulterated open-air-driving pleasure.

Moreover, the A-pillars connect with the closed roof to form a flowing window curvature. This is by no means a design element which can be taken for granted, since the folding steel roof, with the curves running along its sides and the elegantly incorporated rear windscreen, certainly does not look like a stack-mounted hardtop roof. Instead, it conveys the look of flowing contours reminiscent of a high-class coupé.

Body shell

Length 4.41 m Width 1.81 m Height 1.43 m Boot capacity up to approx. 400 litres

Engine Principle 2.0 FSI (direct-injection petrol engine) Max. power 110 kW / 150 hp

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