2012 VOSLKSWAGEN PASSAT ALLTRACK NEW EDITION

Over the past four a long time, properly over 15 million Passat vehicles have been built. Along with its favourable all-spherical qualities, the success of the bestseller - which is bought on the entire world's continents - can be attributed to the Passat's broad and numerous vary of versions. Now, Volkswagen is extending the model series with one other specialist: the Volkswagen Passat Alltrack.


This new version is offered in an estate automotive configuration, and it closes the gap between the traditional Passat Property and SUVs such because the Tiguan. The rationale right here: many automobile drivers who use their automotive as a towing car, or in gentle off-street situations, desire a versatile, sporty and really roomy passenger car that has rugged qualities. Volkswagen developed the VW Passat Alltrack for this clientele. As compared with the familiar Passat Estate, the new mannequin is outlined by new bumpers in SUV type - with wheel effectively and side sill flares. Its greater off-highway ramp angle, approach angle, departure angle and higher ground clearance all make the Volkswagen Passat Alltrack a wonderful SUV various for driving on unpaved track.

Two turbocharged direct injection petrol engines (TSI) with 118 kW / 160 PS and one hundred fifty five kW / 210 PS and two turbodiesels (TDI) - additionally with direct injection - with 103 kW / a hundred and forty PS and 125 kW / one hundred seventy PS are available in the Volkswagen Passat Alltrack. The 2 strongest Alltrack variations, the one hundred seventy PS TDI and the 210 PS TSI, have commonplace 4MOTION all-wheel drive and a dual clutch transmission (DSG). For the VW Passat Alltrack with a one hundred forty PS TDI, Volkswagen will offer all-wheel drive as an option. Simply how effectively the engines of the VW Passat Alltrack function along with the intelligently managed 4MOTION all-wheel drive system is illustrated by the 2 TDI engines: the 140 PS model has a low combined gasoline consumption of 5.7 l/100 km (equivalent to a hundred and fifty g/km CO2), whereas gasoline consumption for the 170 PS model is 5.8 l/one hundred km (152 g/km CO2).

The Volkswagen Passat Alltrack will debut in a world premiere at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show; market launch for the new versatile Alltrack begins in early 2012.