News on January 25, with the last Volkswagen Passat model officially rolled off the production line at the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee, usa, volkswagen's classic model officially came to an end in the US market and became history.
Passat has been planning to discontinue production in the United States for a long time, mainly because Volkswagen has adopted a strategy of streamlining models. At the same time, this is closely related to the trend of consumer preference for SUVs and station wagons and electrification transformation in the global market.
After the discontinuation of the sedan version of the Passat, the Production of the Passat Travel Edition, Arteon (CC) and Arteon Hunt Edition (CC Hunt Edition) will continue to be produced. At the same time, an Aero B model, which is regarded as a pure electric version of the Passat, will also be launched in the near future, and the new car will be positioned as a pure electric B-class car to replace the vacancy after the Passat discontinued production.
In addition to the US market, the European market also plans to officially discontinue the model in 2023. According to the plans disclosed by foreign media, the current European version of the sedan Passat and Arteon models on sale will not be updated in the future, and the popular Passat travel version may continue to undergo minor overhauls.
In the domestic market, faw-Volkswagen's prototype car is the European version of the Passat, and the prototype of the SAIC-Volkswagen Passat is the American version of the Passat.
There is no plan to discontinue this model in the Chinese market, these two models are the main models of their respective joint venture brands, with average monthly sales of about 10,000 units in 2021, but with the suspension of production of passats in the United States and Europe, the future domestic Maiteng and Passat models will become special models.
According to the data, the Passat is a medium-sized car owned by Volkswagen, which has been produced since 1973 and has a history of nearly 50 years, and has sold more than 12 million units so far. In Volkswagen's product range, it is between the Jetta and Phaeton, mainly for the mid-level sedan market, and the model name is derived from the German "Passatwinde", which means tropical trade winds blowing from subtropics to the equatorial region.