Buying a used 2011 Passat CC

I had one identical to that a few years ago. Very comfortable car and visually it is very striking. One major problem with mine though was that the transmission developed a fracture at 65k km which caused oil to leak from it onto the flywheel and clutch plate which resulted in a new gearbox, clutch plate and flywheel. Luckily it was covered by VW UK, don't think it's a very common problem on them but something to be aware of all the same.

Underneath the coupe body, they are mechanically identical to the regular Passat so running costs will be very similar. Tyres are a bit more expensive but I regularly got 50mpg from mine. I also had mine remapped and it made a world of difference to the car. As per most modern diesel engines they can suffer from sticking EGR valves and clutch/flywheels generally tend to fail on them when they go north of 100k miles. As it's a UK car make sure to do a proper background check including a full history report. Air conditioning compressor is a bit weak point on VAG cars of that vintage so make sure that the air con is fully working.