It has become an indisputable fact that fuel vehicles have been replaced by pure trams. At present, the new energy vehicle market has begun to exert strength, its sales are achieving vertical growth, and many car companies have begun to abandon the production of fuel vehicles. In China, car companies such as BYD and other brands have long realized the parity of new energy vehicle sales and fuel vehicle sales, in fact, fuel vehicles for most car companies, are moving towards the design bureau of new cars. Not only domestic, but also international brands, such as Volkswagen, which has been running rampant in China for decades, it can be said that it is a car company that relies on fuel vehicles to eat the old money, and Volkswagen's main profits come from the Chinese mainland market. So, the new energy vehicle market began to strengthen, will the public be indifferent? Obviously not, Volkswagen brought the Passat PHEV to the market, and with Volkswagen's aura, the car debuted as a plug-in hybrid version.
The appearance is young and vigorous
It is said that the public nesting doll is serious, the design is too old to become, there is no sense of movement, and it is not a dish for young people. However, in recent years, volkswagen has also seen changes in the consumer base of the market, and has made decisive changes in design, adding youth and sports to it. The shape of the front face can be seen in one or two. The grille still adopts the family style of volkswagen, the middle net and the headlights are connected in one, and the decoration of the front bar is also integrated, so that the double-layer shape makes the front face appear tense on the one hand, and on the other hand, the layering of the front car is very clear. Lean and capable, without losing the youthful movement, this is the evolution of popular design style. Of course, if the later traditional Volkswagen can add more ID elements, it will be more recognizable.
The body looks much more elegant, the overall style is still calm and atmospheric, however, the designer did not let it lose vitality, in the C-pillar processing of the hands and feet, compared to the earlier style, the Passat PHEV C-pillar and the trunk formed a downward sliding design, this current slipback design is more similar, and can maintain the stable style of the body, the young and mature intertwined.
The most conspicuous thing at the rear of the car is the through-line design of the taillights, which also makes many netizens re-focus on the Passat, and more netizens said that "the public has finally arranged the through lights." In order to cater to the taste of youth, the designer also made a bilateral single exhaust decoration in the small window below, although it is only decorative, but it does add a little sports atmosphere to the visual effect.
The interior is full of German rigor
In the interior design, Volkswagen still maintains the MeticulousNess of the German style, and the lines in the car are mostly straight and straight, so that the layering in the car is more obvious. The material is also very exquisite, take the front platform of the trim panel, it not only uses the material of the piano paint surface, but also adds a dot matrix pattern to it, the complex process will be more prominent in the sense of grade, and the car also uses a lot of soft materials, the sense of luxury is born.
In addition, the 10.2-inch LCD dashboard and 9.2-inch central control screen are standard, and the display effect and operation fluency are also the mainstream level in the competitors, and the voice recognition and reversing effect are also configured in it. The luxury version is also equipped with active safety features such as lane keeping, lane departure warning and active braking, which is more suitable for novices who have just touched the car.
Of course, the most highlight is the rear seat space, which can provide consumers with good riding comfort under the support of absolutely long seat cushions, which is also a feature that Passat has always given people. However, it should be noted that if you buy a new car, you still need to place activated carbon to adsorb the odor in the car in the early stage.
Lighter driving experience
Passat PHEV equipped with the engine is EA211 1.4T turbocharged engine, the parameters believe that everyone has been backwards like a stream, 110kW maximum power and 250N ·m maximum torque, with the motor, its system comprehensive power reached 155kW, the system comprehensive torque of 400N·m.
The driving experience is not enough to describe it as light, compared to the fuel engine, the maximum torque of the motor comes earlier, and the starting and low-speed overtaking is faster than the 2.0T fuel version of the car. If you often drive in the city, you can use pure electric mode, it is equipped with a Ternary lithium battery NEDC range of about 63 kilometers, to meet the general needs of households or relatively easy.
As for the dynamic performance, although the Passat PHEV still maintains the feeling of the German car, due to the addition of the hybrid system, the weight of the vehicle has been significantly improved, and the limit when cornering is far less than that of traditional fuel vehicles.
Conclusion:
The question returns to the original point, is the Passat PHEV the beginning of the transformation, or is it self-help? From the current action of Volkswagen in the electric vehicle market, it can also be felt that Volkswagen's move is not self-help, but on the road of transformation. The Volkswagen ID series of models has already had a good market performance, but compared with its fuel vehicle sales, the gap is still very obvious. The most important thing is that Volkswagen started relatively late in the new energy market, rivals BYD and Tesla are already two boulders pressing the top, and Xiaopeng, Weilai and other brands continue to launch new cars, as far as the new energy market is concerned, Volkswagen has a long way to wait for it. What kind of performance will passat PHEV as a "pioneer" in this transition period? Let the market reveal the answer.