Is the Arteon cool? Would you get it over the Kia Stinger GT or Audi A7?

R-line means it has the R trim pieces and more kit, not R performance. The actual performance versions are just called R. Like the Golf R.

Juri putting his elbow down makes the whole car shake, never underestimate him in a fight @ 8:18

I like how they call 268 HP "good everyday power"...while my new car has 72 HP and it is perfectly capable for my everyday driving in the german autobahn :x

The Arteon just replaces the discontinued CC.

It competes with the A5 sportback not the A7.

They *need* to make a straight up Arteon R

Just got an Arteon, absolutely love it because no one else has them and they look beautiful. Some turbo lag off the line but I do play with the settings a lot. Find it to be pretty brisk on the highway but it's nothing crazy. What I love the most is that it is classic VW, understated German design that ages well and has rock solid build quality.

My grandfather has an Arteon, and I love it. Plenty of power and plenty of quality. I'm also pretty sure that his car is the only civilian-owned Arteon in my state.

Happy holidays, guys! Looking forward to another year of great videos in 2020! 🥂

As a Florida driver: Ontario plates equal ultra old snowbird who probably shouldn't still be on the road. No one can make it cool.

Front plates are not cool, period.

I test drove 5 cars last weekend. I boiled down my choices to either a BMW 330xi and the Arteon (2020). Even though the 330xi had a better interior experience, I picked the Arteon. For the same money, the driving experience is about the same, and the Arteon comes with more features for the same price.

The Arteon is based on the European Passat B8, so I guess you now finally get the kind of "Passat" that Europe already has since 2014. The interior is pretty much the same when you compare the Arteon to a Passat B8 HighLine or R-Line.

The Straight Pipes, making Ontario plates cool one show at a time, hope ya have a great holiday and take some time to relax, your pace is very very fast right now and the proof is in the puding, well done.

I own both a KIA (Sorento) and a VW (GTI). I love them both so there's no brand bias here in a choice between the Arteon and the Stinger. I've driven both vehicles and if I were choosing between the turbo4 engines in each, I'd opt for the Arteon without question. Comparing the Arteon to the higher spec 3.3L V6 in the Stinger and the choice is more difficult. I think Mr. Biermann and his colleagues at Hyundai/KIA have done a remarkable job of building an American-ized version of a European GT sedan at a reasonable price. But I think the differences between the Stinger and the Arteon highlight the different perspectives of Americans (both north and south of the Canadian border) and Europeans in terms of what "performance" means. There's a reason that Americans invented drag racing while Europeans invented rallies. Road racing in America often means circling high banked ovals in stadiums while Europeans think of road racing on public roads or tracks designed to emulate them. For Americans "performance" often begins and ends with straight line acceleration to 60 mph and quarter mile times. For Europeans "performance" in a GT sedan often means traveling in comfort at 100 mph+ on superbly maintained highways or threading roads often laid down originally by the Romans two millennia ago. VW has a history of trying to interest Americans in the Euro-spec vehicles with almost no success. Americans want larger, cheaper VW's than Europeans. The Arteon represents still another effort along that line. (One exception for the Arteon. The North American version uses a conventional 8 speed transmission while the Euro version has a DCT.) I have no doubt that more Americans will choose the Stinger over the VW. But for those who value a true European GT driving experience with accommodations for four the Arteon outpoints the Stinger.

Season’s Greetings Yuri + Jakub...enjoy the holidays w/ur friends + family. 🎄🇨🇦🇺🇸

This by far the best VW I've ever owned. Once the lease is over, my Arteon will get a stage 1 APR tune. I'm pretty happy with the performance as it sits. Plus, no one owns one. Less than 500 sold per year in Canada. Lots and lots of looks!

I really enjoy your guys videos and car reviews they are very informative and helpful...

Just wanna say your channel is the best lol I been watching your vids for a couple of months now and every video is informative, comedic and entertaining without trying to hard, and you never leave an absence in dialogue. You guys always know what to say, at all times. You speak on every single detail and i don't recall any other review channel doing that. Everything you guys do is spot on and i used to watch throttle house, which are awesome guys, and i love their channel too, but i found myself watching your channel more now. And less theirs. But i still love their channel too. I just like yours more now lol. With that said, please do a dodge charger scat pack!! Only because i'm getting on in spring so i kinda wanna see your review on it.

Ontario plates: cool 👍 Front plates: not cool 👎 When I lived out in BC it was one of the things I missed the most about Ontario 😂

8:18 Yuri shakes the whole car by hitting his elbow on the armrest, leaving Jakub shook

Got one my self at a great price the 2021 SE Trim. I came from a jetta 2019. I’m loving the Arteon the ride, the elegant interior, everything. I’m very happy with it.

I like this car and anything from Canada is cool with me. So you all made that plate cool. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this car.

Saw a black one in person the other day, must admit it looked pretty sleek...

Basicly a nex gen Pasat CC

This thing is really really sharp in person. Saw one coming the other way yesterday, it turned my head.

How do you not have a million subscribers yet? I'm not satisfied with a review until I watch @TheStraightPipes. THE BEST AUTO REVIEWERS ON KZfaq!! Merry Christmas, guys!

This is a beautiful machine👌🏽Well done VW.👍🏽

Slow yes, but APR exists

Your guy's cinematics are great👍

Finally! I've been waiting for this video. I've owned two Volkswagen CC models and test drove a new Arteon. I really like these.

I own a 2019 Arteon SEL Premium R-Line that I purchased new for $39,500 USD. An absolute stunning car for the money and loaded to boot! Gas mileage on a trip: 34 mpg. Put an APR+ tune in it for $1,200 USD which brought up the horsepower to 368 and the torque to 358 lb/ft. 0-60 mph in the very low 5's.

I reeeeeeeally love the looks of it 🔥

I have it for almost two years and still people are stopping to say how beautiful it is, and it really is something special. Btw, you can set the Lane keep assist to adaptive mode which is lane centering.

Best intro yet! That beat was sick 🎧🥇☝🏽 Merry Christmas, brothers! Keep bringing your joy of life in 2020 and more collabs, maybe with your fellow Throttle House countrymen?? 🇨🇦🙏🏼

Love my Chili🌶 Red Arteon! Traded in my 2013 BMW X5 and guess what? It serves me just as well. 👌🏾

Never underestimate Yuri’s elbow. Never 8:18

I've been waiting for you guys to get behind the wheel of the Arteon for a while now, and it was refreshing to hear that you overall like the car. I also think that the sportback design will help to save cars and sedans and I don't think I would want a new car that doesn't have that design or feature. I would really love to hear your thoughts on the Buick Regal Sportback GS.

I've just brought one of these and I know it's late but it does have launch control.. Great review guys 👊

Our front plates will never be cool. The one time I was rooting for Doug lol

Sorry guys Ontario plate not cool... Have you seen Northwest Territories plates?!?.... Freakin Polar Bear shaped! .... Now Those are cool!

Yes you guys have made the Ontario plate more famous. Love it 🔥😁

Wow, finally! You guys have been sitting on this one for ages! FYI ... it is the Golf R engine, and in Australia we get all the power, and a DSG so... it's way quicker than that lazy 8spd nonsense. Shame you got the smaller infotainment screen with scrolls as well, where ours is all touch and senses your hands approaching and shit. But we only get black interior... Regardless, glad you got to enjoy it. It'll probably be the upgrade to my VR6 CC, soon. Keep up the great work.

I would love to see a arteon r with the 5 cylinder from the RS3

I've heard the Arteon has the IS38 Turbo from the golf R... meaning it should react to tuning quite well

The Arteon replaced the Passat CC. Driven a few of them and thing they look absolutely fantastic, especially in black. There is a air slammed one with giant chrome wheels driving around where I live. Looks so cool.

I have virtually the same car in the UK but the big differences I notice are, I have launch control, a heads up display, a larger infotainment, dynaudio speaker system and of course a dual clutch gearbox. Seems we get a better version.

GT Stinger for sure, happy it’s my daily

Yuri's looking like Johnny Depp in winter mode

One advantage this has over my golf R, is that in the custom drive mode, you can now dial in the DCC. previously you could only choose comfort, normal, and sport/race

Even though I have to go to work, It’s a good morning when I see straightpipes in my inbox

This car needs the engine from the S4/S5, call it the Arteon R (not R line). Sure it would bump up the price (a little), and I might be the only purchaser, but yeah they should do it.

Not sure why everyone is so hyped about the Arteon. Sure, it looks great and is the nicest car from VW (perhaps excluding Touareg) but it costs the same as an Audi A5, which is better in every way (design arguable), especially interior quality.

always on individual in my gti: engine (soundaktor and throttle response) - normal steering - sport (more effort) adaptive lighting - sport (doesn't lag when following curves, not sure why you'd want it any other way) front diff - sport (locks up earlier)

Have a 2018 Tiguan in the family. Can only customise a few things, but I keep sports steering regardless of whatever settings I want because it’s more precise.

Ontario plates are ugly to me, I'm from here though so that might change my opinion. We have the ugliest plates in Canada, We should start a petition for better plates. Doug Ford might just go for it

I bought an arteon after watching this review. Theres SICK deals on them right now bc they arent moving off lots. Kia dealerships in my area havent had any issues moving them, so they didnt want to come down on price really.

Yes, you guys made Ontario plate look cool. Keep it up!

Jakob's "send it anyway!" gesture....LOL

Same hp as a 2012 avalon, nice

8:17 that was quite funny

Great review, nice car, and I agree - I love sedans!

I customize the drive modes of my new Mercedes A 220. The throttle response feels great in comfort mode. The steering feels a little bit heavier in sport. It doesn't make that big of a difference after all because it's not a sports car. But I still like to customize it just to make it feel a bit more personal.

8:18 Whoa i didnt know Yuri was this strong

R-Line won't give any power, it's just for the "R" look ;/

Put an APR tune on it and done! VWs 2.0T REALLY wakes up with a simple tune. Beautiful car!

I have one with a stage 1 APR tune so it’s basically a bigger golf R with lane centering and a bunch of other European options activated thru VCDS. Also front plate stays in the trunk.

The price “ain’t” bad at all but c’mon VW, where’s the 6-cylinder or are least breaking 300 horses?! 🤦🏾‍♂️ Great review as always, guys!

Yeah you made Ontario plates cooler and more popular

Sorry guys, I do not get your continued hatred of a volume button that turns the little on/off symbol in the middle. ??? In a million years, I would never notice, or be bothered by that. I have that feature in my 2018 Golf, and I’m so obsessed by this issue, that every time someone new is in my car, I show them my volume knob, and ask if it bothers them. Their blank stares tell the story. Just had to let you know, love your channel, and your chemistry with each other.

I’ve been waitin for this review lol🤣

Didn’t take long to edit and post. Hope I can be seen in the background.

I love the way the Arteon looks. I have a 2017 Alltrack with the Stage 1 APR tune on it that I bought new two years ago. Depending on depreciation on them, I may buy a used Arteon in 2-3 years when I'm ready for a different car. Three of the four I'm interested are sportbacks. The other would be the A6 Allroad. There's already a ton of tuner knowledge for this engine. You can easily get another 80-100 HP and similar torque gains from an ECU flash. I wonder how a tuned Arteon compares to a stock Stinger.

I have been so curious about this car and your review was great. I've always been a VW fan and can't afford the Audi, so YEAH, I would definitely seriously consider this car.

Saw a black one at my local vw dealership and was awe struck truly gorgeous design

Oh, my eyes! The new Sonata looks worse every time I see it. How could he even ask if that looks better than this VW. Not even close.

Yurt looks like he doesn’t give a shit about this car! He looks like “Man, let me go buy an Audi A7 immediately-no haggling!”

This car is much prettier than a Stinger, in my humble opinion. And I would argue that it is perfectly appropriate for 99% of the real-world driving that people do. If you want to be a menace to other drivers, get a GTI or a Golf R. Huge kudos go to Volkswagen for not just making another SUV. The only thing that would make these genuinely better would be to actually have them at the VW dealerships. It's 2023 now, and you still can't find them.

That MQB platform is really paying off. It's going on 6 years and still keeping up with times with ease.

I drive my 2014 Audi S4 in Individual all the time!!!

Front plates ruin every single car ever. I hate how they look.

Reg customized settings: Skoda Superb L&K. 280 HP, Haledex-5 all wheel hang on system. HAS launch control: 0-100 km/h: 5,8 seconds. Love the all wheel-drive with that motor and the 6 (!)-Drive dual clutch. Always switch between ‚comfort‘ and custom: everything on ‚sport‘ except the transmission.

I'm leaving in Germany currently and actually I crossed shop those with my current Kia Stinger. I do not regret, feel, design, power, extras and price were the deciding factors. Let me know when you visit Munich, my exhaust is loud 😎

Just this week, VW offered me to swap my GT (Passat) for an Arteon. Unfortunately, even with all the promos and discount, I’m too early in my lease for it to be worth it (penalty too high and nullifies part of promos). I can tell though, they’re having trouble selling this car, probably for the reasons you mentioned (price, engine power)... Might swap, but at the right price only...

12:02 car thinks: what the hell does he want from me

You guys mentioned the Passat GT. I recall it was a limited run in the States. I was interested but it was impossible to get. Is it still being offered in Canada?

I always customize a non sport car for how I drive cause it makes the experience so much better for me at least

I'll take the AWD Kia Stinger GT2 with 365 HP

The power figures are a turn off. Maybe if it was right around 310-335, I’d consider but for the price nope.

I bought a manual Alltrack due to budget. But I LOVE the Arteon. Owned a manual CC for 6 years.

I love the looks of the arteon but it would probably take a few modifications to make it handle really well. If you just want something sporty out of the box I would go for the stinger or G70 but, as a VW owner, there’s just something about these cars that pulls you in. I’m sure once APR puts a tune out for this it will be really quick and which some light suspension work you can get it to really go around turns well.

I have two sport sedans, and both I customize all the time. I turn the vents, set the temperature...I even shift all by myself in both of them (manuals).

Arteon all the way. Probably stage 1 tune it right away with all the savings from the difference between the A7, to bring it to or above Kia stinger butt specs. I'm a car shaped cat lover, wagons for life. I'm with you. If sportbacks keep the sedans alive, I'm okay with that world.

Intro was fire on this one guys

Yuri’s selection of music is dope af!

would be so happy if Ontario got rid of front plates

This needed minimum the R engine.

Creat vid as allways guys ! Should review the Renault Talismán , same category as the Arteon and very underestimated .

I was about to buy a Jetta GLI when I discovered this car. AWD is a huge selling point for me as is the sport back functionality and killer good looks. I’m buying mine tomorrow having test drove it yesterday. The fact that you guys posted this video on Christmas Eve must be the Car Gods telling me to do it.