The future VW Passat takes the unguarded pass into the area (see. MQB platform) alone in front of the goalkeeper, he is getting ready to score with ease in the middle goal!
With a glance
– The 7th generation VW Passat
– Lighter and on a new platform
– With even more economical engines
– And in a hybrid version
– Present it 2014
With the middle class receiving suffocating pressures from Crossovers, MPVs and SUVs, showing worldwide reduced shares in its sales, it is a given that from now on, representatives of the species will have to fight hard to preserve the achievements. And if many turned to the solutions that aesthetically combine the traditional 4-door body of the category with the more modern shape of the coupes (see Opel Insignia), others, like VW and Passat, persist traditionally. Nevertheless, from 2014 and the 8th consecutive new generation of the Passat, this will change. So the new German medium, as you can also see in our exclusive spy digitally edited photos, it will bring a sharper and more dynamic design than the current Passat. We highlight the news in the front section, long narrow lights and the raised hood with the strong ribs, but also the new horizontal shoulder that runs from end to end of the body. In the back section, this shoulder abuts on sharper and smaller sized fixtures, which also contribute to the general modernization of the car.
The new MQB platform also present in the Passat
But apart from the design, many and perhaps more important news comes under the body of the new Passat. The big star here is the VW Group's new MQB platform, which as we have said before, will be the main protagonist of all the companies of the group for the next few years. So this passe-partout floor, which we will know this year through the new generations of VW Golf-Audi A3-SEAT Leon, it will form the basis on which the next Passat will be built. A big advantage of this platform is its adaptability to a range of models of different dimensions, with the Passat being the largest of those to receive it, thus maintaining similar dimensions to the current model (B.C. length close to 4,8 m.). Nevertheless, despite this fact, this new platform will reward the car with a lower weight (about -50 with 75 kg only from the floor), with immediate benefits in consumption, performance etc.
What about the engines?;
There is quite a bit of movement in the engine sector, since an upgraded range of TSI and TDI engines is being prepared by VW. To the first ones, the new versions will now have a standard start/stop system and the selections will start again from 1,4 l, but with upgraded power (130 and 150 PS). For the TDIs, in view of the new Euro6 standard for their emissions, we expect even more ecological motor options 1,6 and 2,0 liter. Anyway, especially in the ecological part, the new Passat, for the first time in history, it will get a hybrid version with the possibility of charging from an outlet (plug-in), with performance close to 170 horsepower and exclusively electric drive for distances up to 50 km.
Source : autotriti.gr