Volkswagen Passat News
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Now that the Volkswagen Group’s latest modular platform, the MQB, is out in the open, having already appeared in the new 2015 Audi A3, 2015 Volkswagen Golf and recently revealed 2016 Audi TT, VW is accelerating the pace in which existing models are redesigned around the flexible architecture. The next recipient of the MQB will be the next generation of the European-spec Passat, a prototype for which has been spotted by one of our photographers. Not to be mistaken with the larger and somewhat less premium Passat sold in the U.S., this latest version of the European-spec Passat is due to...
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2014 Volkswagen Passat Sport Priced From $27,295
At the Detroit Auto Show last year, Volkswagen showed off a slightly sportier version of its Passat in concept form. Now, just days out from this year’s event, Volkswagen has shown a version of its Passat based on that original concept and which will be rolling into showrooms in the coming...
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Volkswagen Passat Performance Concept: Detroit Auto Show Preview
Volkswagen has big plans in store for next week's Detroit Auto Show, where media preview days begin Monday. One of several cars it will show is the Volkswagen Passat Performance Concept, a "sneak peek" of a new, sportier model of its U.S.-built Passat mid-size sedan with an all-new 250-horsepower...
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3-Cyl Volkswagen Passat: An Insight Into Extreme Downsizing
Think turbocharger and you may think high performance, but the latest generation of cars are using turbochargers in order to maintain performance whilst engine capacity decreases in the push for improved fuel economy. Volkswagen is no stranger to forced induction, having used turbochargers on...
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BrainDriver: A Mind-Controlled Car
Imagine you could drive your car using only your thoughts. German researchers have just made that possible -- and they have the video to prove it. Following his recent interview on the Robots Podcast about autonomous vehicles, Raúl Rojas, an AI professor at the Freie Universität Berlin...
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Super Bowl Messaging Win and Fail
Once a year, Americans celebrate their love of capitalism with a three-hour long festival of new television commercials. Conveniently broken up by a football game, the ad-fest usually features a bunch of high-concept spots by carmakers, since they're one of the few companies able to afford the...
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Volkswagen announced today it will premiere two 30 second ads during the 2nd and 4th quarters of Super Bowl XLV, which will air on Sunday the 6th of next month. The separate ads will be for the new 2012 Volkswagen Passat, which made its debut earlier this month in U.S. trim at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, as well as the next-generation New Beetle, which goes on sale this fall. For the Passat ad, Volkswagen has teamed up with Lucasfilm to create a Star Wars themed clip complete with a pint-sized Darth Vader who uses the ‘Force’ when he discovers the new Passat in his driveway. For...
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2011 Detroit Auto Show: 2012 Volkswagen Passat Live Photos
Volkswagen surprised few by sticking with the Passat name for its U.S.-specific mid-size sedan, which up until this past week had been going by the name 'New Mid-Size Sedan' or 'NMS' for short. The 2012 Volkswagen Passat sedan will start around $20,000 and offer a new take on the once-popular...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2011 Detroit Auto Show: 2012 Volkswagen Passat Preview
The 2012 Volkswagen NMS, or, as we reported earlier today, the 2012 Passat, is due for its official stage debut tomorrow at the Detroit Auto Show, but as happens every year, blew early, and was quickly followed by the official release. The 2012 Volkswagen Passat sedan will start around $20,000 and...
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2011 Detroit Auto Show: U.S.-Made Volkswagen To Be A Passat
The 2011 Detroit Auto Show is underway, and tonight's reveal of the new Volkswagen "NMS" mid-size sedan is being preceded with word about the car's name. According to a report in the Detroit News, the new sedan will carry the Passat name. If the reports are accurate, the new four-door will follow...
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Volkswagen Reveals Teaser For New Midsized Sedan
The Volkswagen NMS, due to replace the current Passat for North America, has been a long time coming. It's still not here, but VW has just let lose a new teaser ahead of its debut next week at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show. Along with the teaser is a new website VW has launched that allows users to...
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2010 Paris Auto Show: 2011 Volkswagen Passat (Euro) Live Photos
The new Euro-spec 2011 Volkswagen Passat, shown for the first time at the Paris show, has a shape that North American shoppers will never likely see. Nevertheless we look at it with interest, as it might preface some of the design details of our Passat replacement that's on the way. The Passat has...
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Volkswagen AG has taken the wraps off its all-new Passat, as well as revealed some details, just ahead of the model's Paris auto show debut. The new seventh-generation (for Europe) Passat gets some of the cues that were introduced this year in a facelifted Phaeton, with the sedan getting a pronounced shoulder crease and drawn-back headlamps, along with a neat-and-trim overall profile that's, from the initial images, a bit more conservative, perhaps. Volkswagen has upgraded its diesel and gasoline powertrains, with all diesel models getting a Stop/Start system that saves fuel in stop-and-go...
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Spy Shots: U.S. Market Volkswagen NMS
The Passat has been a relative success for Volkswagen in the U.S., but the automaker is hard at work on a New Mid-size (or mid-market) Sedan, not-so-cleverly codenamed NMS, to replace it. The final design has already been approved and previewed previously in an official sketch, and now we have the...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Spy Shots: 2012 Volkswagen Passat Wagon
Volkswagen's next-generation Passat is expected to up the stakes against Germany’s luxury automakers, with the car’s designers hoping it will be mentioned in the same breath as the BMW 3-Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class and Audi A4. Previous spy shots have revealed that a longer wheelbase will be...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Spy Shots: 2012 Volkswagen Passat
The new 2012 Volkswagen Passat is expected to up the stakes against Germany’s luxury automakers, with the car’s designers hoping it will be mentioned in the same breath as the BMW 3-Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class and Audi A4. These are the latest spy shots of a prototype for the new sedan...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Rendered: 2012 Volkswagen Passat Wagon
Volkswagen's next-generation Passat is expected to up the stakes against Germany’s luxury automakers, with the car’s designers hoping it will be mentioned in the same breath as the BMW 3-Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class and Audi A4. Previous spy shots have revealed a longer wheelbase will be...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Volkswagen Releases Official Sketch Of New Midsize Sedan
High Gear Media gets the lowdown on the plans for the next midsize sedan from VW.
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The new 2010 BlueMotion range will make its debut later this month at the 2009 Frankfurt auto show.
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Spy shots: Skoda Superb Estate wagon
Volkswagen-owned Skoda doesn't get much press in the U.S. but over in Central and Eastern Europe it is one of the most popular automotive brands. Having launched new versions of its mainstream Octavia and Superb sedans in the past year, the company recently took the covers if its all-new Yeti...
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Volkswagen CC picks up Red Dot Design award
The 2009 red dot design award winners were announced back in March, but last night the 'Best of the Best' award was handed out at a presentation in Essen, Germany, to Volkswagen for the Passat CC four-door coupe. Essen's Aalto Theater hosted the ceremony, where VW designer Martin Kropp accepted the...
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Spy shots: Next-gen VW Passat test-mule hits the ‘Ring
Volkswagen's next-generation Passat is expected to up the stakes against Germany’s luxury carmakers, with the car’s designers hoping it will be mentioned in the same breath as the BMW 3-Series, Mercedes Benz C-Class and Audi A4. These are the first spy shots of a test-mule for the new...
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VW to price upcoming U.S.-market mid-size sedan "around $20,000"
The Passat has been a relative success for Volkswagen in the U.S., but the company is already hard at work on a New Midsize (or mid-market) Sedan, not-so-cleverly codenamed NMS, to replace it. The final design has already been approved - prototypes were shown to dealers in Wolfsburg this week - and...
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More details on Volkswagen’s next-generation Passat
Volkswagen's next-generation Passat is expected to up the stakes against Germany’s luxury carmakers, with the car’s designers hoping it will be mentioned in the same breath as the BMW 3-Series, Mercedes Benz C-Class and Audi A4. Under the hood, a replacement for the VR6 engine will be...
Jeremy Weber