The Arteon showed up on the U.S. market for the 2019 model year as another run on the "four-door coupe" market (what used to be called "hardtop coupes" here), supplanting the Volkswagen CC that had departed after the 2017 model year.
The Arteon was a little bigger than a contemporary Honda Accord, with a wheelbase a couple inches longer than the Passat. Despite its fastback sedan-like profile, it was a five door hatchback with the rear decklid and window lifting to reveal a voluminous cargo trunk.
It was available in front-wheel-drive or 4MOTION configurations, both of which were propelled by the turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 16V TSI 2.0L Volkswagen inline four putting out 268 SAE net horsepower. In the U.S. market the only transmission available was an 8-speed automatic with Tiptronic shifting for the adventurous.
Car and Driver tested a 2019 Arteon SE with 4MOTION and noted a best zero-to-sixty time of six seconds flat and a quarter mile time of 14.5 seconds at 97 miles per hour. The governor shut off the fun at 127mph.
This Pure White 2019 Arteon SE was photographed in January of 2019 using a Canon EOS 5DS and an EF 24-105mm f/4L IS zoom lens.
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