Archive for the ‘Passat Sedan’ Category

Are you the sort of person who coasts through life with blinders on? Who avoids unpleasantness at all costs? Who shoves all those bills in a big ol' envelope and takes a dozen people to the Ginger Man for drinks? Well, according to the TV spot above--British, of course--you're a perfect candidate for the Volkswagen Passat. We're sure VW's dealers and mechanics will appreciate that stiff upper lip next time you bring it in for repairs, sucker. [CreativeReview]

The Volkswagen Passat CC (called the Volkswagen CC in the U.S.) is by nearly all accounts a great-looking car. And now the smooth four-door coupe has won a prestigious red dot design award.

The top award for vehicles, officially "red dot Design Award 2009 – Best of the Best," in the product design category for 2009, is shared with the Seat Ibiza, from Volkswagen AG's Spanish affiliate.

Other vehicles to achieve a red dot design award—but not be called Best of the Best—include the 2009 BMW Z4, 2010 Honda Insight, upcoming 2010 Volkswagen Golf, and the European-market-only Ford Fiesta and Opel Insignia, with honorable mentions going to the...

There's a new 2012 Volkswagen Passat in the works, and early spy shots of prototypes hint that it'll be longer and wider than today's car.

The giveaways, according to our colleagues at Motor Authority, are the wheel arches on their spy-shot car, as well as a wider B-pillar on the test mule. The four-door undergoing early testing will have a wagon companion, as it does today.

Speculation says the next Passat will arrive in 2011 as a 2012 model. The new sedan could offer up a V-6 with almost 300 horsepower as its top option; a diesel version is a sure thing, as is all-wheel drive, and a hybrid is a distinct possibility.

Other high-tech...