Interior

Not only is the CC interior’s clean look reminiscent of a work of modern art, this little number is loaded, too. I mean loaded with great features — the kind you’ll actually use.

You might expect a car with a little luxury to have a fully automatic and adjustable driver’s seat; the CC has an eight-way power-adjustable driver’s seat with lumbar support (my test car had an optional 12-way power-adjustable seat). The shocker is that the passenger seat is just as adjustable. This rarely happens. All too often when my hubby and I are driving around, I’m going on about how comfortable my driver’s seat is only to discover he doesn’t have the same level of comfort on his side. So sad, poor hubby — but not in the CC.

The instrument panel has all of the standard gauges, plus a digital screen in the center that displays your choice of information — from your speed to your current satellite radio station — so you don’t have to turn your head to view your vitals. Technology is a wonderful thing!

This ease of use carries over to the CC’s audio and navigation system. Large buttons and fonts make it easy to use the touch-screen to make your selections. Switching from one type of media to another, say radio to navigation, is also a cinch, with clearly marked buttons on either side of the touch-screen. VW gets my Mommy Seal of Approval for making these systems easy to use and read, which allowed me to focus on the road.

The center console is thoughtfully designed, with a cubby that perfectly fits my BlackBerry; it even angled the phone toward me so I could read the caller ID and watch for the flashing red light. I also got a kick out of two other hidden storage areas, one to the left of the steering wheel and one below the zoned climate-control system, which I used to hold my sunglasses.

In the second row, I wasn’t quite as thrilled with the CC. Getting my sons’ booster seats situated took some patience and elbow grease. The rear bucket seats have a deep depression in the center of the seat, which made it difficult for the boosters to sit flat against the seat bottom. The storage area between the two rear seats is elevated, creating an additional lip that cramped the booster seats. It’s a tight fit in the backseat, which means it’d be difficult to fit a rear-facing infant-safety seat back there, too. Once I got my boys’ booster seats situated, they were able to buckle their seat belts by themselves.

While the backseat storage made it difficult to get the booster seats into the car, I did like its cupholders, as well as the cubby with a sliding lid to cover any messes. There’s also a power rear sunshade that can be activated from the front seat, and backseat passengers have their own vents, too.

My family couldn’t resist turning the volume way up and making good use of the Dynaudio 10-speaker sound system. It sounded great. Who could deny the kids a little boogie time to rev them up for a long day at school? Not I.

Storage Compartments (Puny, Fair, Ample, Galore): Ample
Cargo/Trunk Space (Puny, Fair, Ample, Galore): Ample

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