2011 VW Passat Sedan

2011 VW Passat Sedan

New panels extend across the drive from 4 mm (4769 mm for the sedan, 4771 Assets mm), while the width and height are the same at 1,820 mm and 1,474 mm respectively.

Up front, the nose is an attractive grill / headlight treatment and is more in line with VWs current style. In the outer edges of the new grill, LED lights reside chromey circulation. At the rear, the taillights chrome details and blends well with the sharper lines of the VW family sedan.

Passengers heating / cooling seats that also offers massage services, if consumers are willing to go lux. In order to make the Passat a flagship in the line of the VW Phaeton has added a few new touches: on the dashboard there are new areas reviewed, ornaments and even an analog clock (stay classy, ​​V- Dub). Apart from that, the rest of the interior receives minor updates usual.

At the bottom package BlueMotion diesel engine is a 1.6-liter TDI that makes 105 horses also get more green (or blue), thanks to the regeneration of the battery and a start / stop. If equipped with this engine, the Passat can return to 68.8 mpg ("a theoretical range of over 1,000 miles on a single tank") while emitting 109 grams of CO2 per kilometer. Above are two units of 1.6, 2.0-liter 140-horsepower and 170 do.

The TSI petrol engine range includes a 1.4-liter (122 hp), a 1.8-liter TSI (160 hp), a 2.0-liter TSI (210 hp) and the top of the mountain-3.6-liter V6 (300 CV). Frankly, VW should get 2. 0T put a little more oomph, because the alignment of petrol is very unbalanced, with a difference of 90 hp between the high output four-cylinder and V6.

The broadcasts will be carried out manual clutch and SDS across the range, and an XDS electronic differential makes first appearance in the Passat (300 hp to the front wheels will).

Safety features include a (hopefully better than Volvo) auto-brake system as part of automatic vehicle control of the distance applies the brakes at 18 miles per hour or below in the event of a pedestrian or a little sloppy. And get this: "The system is also able to accelerate the vehicle automatically if it detects an imminent collision the rear of the vehicle is providing a free space ahead." There is also an option, "he is too tired to drive" warning system.

2012 Volkswagen Passat Alltrack

The Volkswagen Passat Alltrack is offered in either front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive (4MOTION) and has an off-road mode. However, in both cases the vehicle is designed to tow large trailer loads and drive through extremely rough terrain. That is why torque-strong turbocharged engines are used exclusively in the latest Volkswagen – two petrol (TSI) and two diesel (TDI) engines. Volkswagen is now getting in on the action with this, the 2012 Passat Alltrack – a more capable version of the Passat Estate that isnt offered Stateside. 

140 to 210 PS. The two petrol engines of the Volkswagen produce 118 kW / 160 PS (1.8 litre displacement) and 155 kW / 210 PS (2.0 litre displacement); the two turbodiesels, each with 2.0 litre displacement, produce 103 kW / 140 PS and 125 kW / 170 PS. Both TDIs are delivered as BlueMotion Technology versions (BMT) as standard – i.e. with Stop/Start system and battery regeneration mode for recovering braking energy. The models with a petrol engine also have a battery regeneration mode.

170 and 210 PS versions have 4MOTION as standard. The most powerful Alltrack versions, the 170 PS TDI and the 210 PS TSI, are always equipped with permanent all-wheel drive (4MOTION) and a dual clutch gearbox (DSG). For the Volkswagen Passat Alltrack with 140 PS (TDI), Volkswagen offers all-wheel drive as an option. The VW Passat Alltrack – like all other Passats – is built in the Volkswagen factory in the north German city of Emden.

Under six litres fuel per 100 km. Just how efficiently the VW Passat Alltrack engines work together with the intelligently controlled 4MOTION all-wheel drive is illustrated by the two TDIs: the 140 PS version’s combined fuel consumption is a low 5.7 l/100 km (equivalent to 150 g/km CO2), while the 170 PS version attains a value of 5.9 l/100 km (155 g/km CO2). And yet, the petrol engines – which like the diesels are equipped with direct fuel injection – are equally efficient engines. The combined fuel consumption of the 160 PS TSI is 7.7 l/100 km, while the 210 PS TSI attains 8.5 l/100 km.