Volkswagen has been noticed testing a prototype for a redesigned Passat.
It is due out in 2023 and is anticipated to be provided completely in wagon kind, which VW refers to as a Variant.
Do not search for the brand new Passat to succeed in the U.S. It would not attain these shores even when it had a sedan choice. That is as a result of the Passat bought within the U.S., which bows out after 2022, makes use of a separate, less-expensive platform than Passats bought in the remainder of the world.
The worldwide Passat makes use of Volkswagen Group’s MQB platform, and the redesigned mannequin will use an up to date model of this platform. The worldwide Passat’s company twin, the Skoda Very good, can be as a result of be redesigned shortly on the up to date MQB platform. Nevertheless, it’s anticipated to be obtainable in each sedan and wagon physique kinds.
2023 Volkswagen Passat Variant spy photographs – Photograph credit score: S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
You is perhaps questioning why no sedan shall be provided for the Passat. Whereas the physique fashion is on the decline in most markets, aside from China, VW will quickly have a Passat sedan various within the kind a manufacturing model of its ID.Aero idea automobile proven earlier this 12 months. The electrical sedan, which is tipped to go by the title ID.6, has additionally been noticed testing.
The ID.6 can be due in 2023, and there is a good probability we see it within the U.S. An ID.6 wagon can be deliberate and with a bit of luck we’ll additionally see this physique fashion in native showrooms.
Manufacturing of the brand new Passat will happen at VW Group’s plant in Bratislava, Slovakia.
The powertrain lineup ought to encompass a collection of inline-4s, together with some in plug-in hybrid configuration. A redesigned Passat Alltrack soft-roader must also be coming.
