Many old cars that have reached "middle age" have decades of precipitation, but they always hope to change their positioning and make themselves "young" by changing generations and making small changes to facelift. But this is the same as playing a water light needle, tattooing an Internet celebrity eyebrow, and then putting on a package of clothes from Pinxixi, and then wanting to counterattack the "pseudo" Internet celebrity, losing the soul, no core, and forgetting the original intention. Of course, there are many people who think like this, and there are many such cars.
When Volkswagen launched this generation (8th generation) Passat, it was very proud to say that the Passat was the most successful mid-class car in Volkswagen's history, and even said that the total sales of 30 million units made the Passat the best-selling car in the world - among them, the contribution of Santana in the Chinese market, that is, the B2 generation Passat, is indispensable. After all, in China, the life of a driver can't go around a Santana.
But times have changed, and even with these glorious pasts, Passat seems to be gradually losing to the times. According to a report by Autocar, Volkswagen has officially ended the production and sale of the Passat sedan in Europe – the Passat four-door sedan and the most classic model in the Passat series, the Passat Station Wagon has been preserved.
However, although the Passat sedan was discontinued in the European market, it was not only retained in the Chinese market, but also upgraded, and is expected to continue to exist for a long time, but it is not as moist as before. On the contrary, the Passat station wagon, which is popular in the European market, is almost invisible in the Chinese market – this is the geographical difference.
Originally, Volkswagen planned to stop the production and sales of Passat cars in Europe in 2023, but it is clear that Volkswagen has accelerated this process, and Volkswagen does not need to say anything in this regard. At present, Volkswagen can no longer see the introduction of the Passat car on the official website of many European countries, leaving only the Passat station wagon. In addition, Volkswagen will also terminate the sale of Passat sedans in the US market, and the final model will be a limited edition of 2022.
Although the current B8 generation Passat has not been launched for a long time, strictly speaking, it will be officially delivered in batches in 2020, but the problem facing Volkswagen is that the coupe-flavored Arteon is more in line with the trend than the Passat sedan, and the sales of the Passat travel version in Europe are far more than the sedan. Even with a replacement, Volkswagen has resolutely abandoned the sedan, and according to the current plan, the 9th generation Passat will use the MQB platform and will only launch station wagons in Europe.
In fact, the performance of this generation of Passat in the Chinese market is actually not satisfactory, born in 1973, passat, in the eyes of many people has long become synonymous with middle age and greasy, although the new Passat in China introduced a lot of designs with the times, and even used the Star in the Net such as the Internet red design, but its brilliance, it seems that it can only stay in the past, second- and third-tier cities and middle-aged people's hearts.