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According to foreign media reports, the American version of Volkswagen Passat "Passat" in the United States in Tennessee Chattanooga factory off the production line, which also means that the american version of Volkswagen Passat "Passat" officially stopped production and became history. Following the discontinuation of the European version of Volkswagen Passat (Maiten) in Europe, the American version of Volkswagen Passat "Passat" can not withstand the face of suspension.
According to previous reports, due to the poor performance of model sales, passat has previously been the first by Volkswagen in the United States to announce that it will not update and withdraw from the US market by 2023, and the early announcement of the withdrawal is also due to the dismal sales of the model, Volkswagen will advance the time to December 2021, but although the sedan Passat has been discontinued, the Passat travel version, Arteon and Arteon hunting edition will continue to be in production. In China, these three models correspond to Weilan, CC and CC hunting vehicles.
It is also reported that the Chattanooga plant in Tennessee has produced a total of 800,000 Volkswagen Passats, the last of which is the 2022 Passat limited edition model. After the model is officially discontinued, Volkswagen's Chattanooga in Tennessee is expected to shift to electric vehicle production and produce ID.4 pure electric SUVs this year, and the plant will also become an electric vehicle test center for Volkswagen's North American operations. However, the plant will not completely abandon the production of fuel vehicles, and the Volkswagen Atlas (corresponding to the domestic Tuon) SUV and the coupe version of the model will still be from the plant.
As one of Volkswagen's most iconic models and its long-established main mid-class sedan, the Passat model first entered the U.S. market in 1974 and has a 48-year history, selling more than 1.8 million units in the United States.
Public information shows that before 1990, Volkswagen Passat was not sold under this name, but under the names of "Dasher" and "Quantum", until the third generation of models was launched in 1990, Passat had the name "Passat" in the United States. By 2011, passats, a "special edition" for the United States and China, entered the market separately.
In terms of sales, 2012 was the most brilliant year for Passat sales in the US market, where a total of 117,000 Passats were sold. However, with the popularity of SUVs, Passat sales also began to decline, with only 24,400 Passat units sold in 2021, and the continuous sluggish sales have become the main reason for the discontinuation of this model.
In contrast, the sales of Maiteng and Passat cars in the domestic market are more satisfactory. 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. According to statistics, in 2021, the annual sales of FAW-Volkswagen Magotan and SAIC-Volkswagen Passat cars were 133,980 and 131291 respectively.
With the parking of the European version of volkswagen Passat (Maiten) and the American version of Volkswagen Passat "Passat", the domestic version of Volkswagen Passat and Maiten may become "special version" models. Previously, there was also media speculation: after the European and American versions of the Volkswagen Passat sedan were discontinued, they would be replaced by the Volkswagen Aero B pure electric model in the future. Industry insiders pointed out that the Volkswagen Aero B resembles the "pure electric version" of the Volkswagen Passat, and it is expected to replace the vacancy after the Passat production is discontinued in the future. At present, the pure electric version of the Aero B test spy photos have been exposed, the car will launch a sedan and a travel version of the model, of course, as of now, the official has not disclosed whether the new car will eventually be named after the Volkswagen Aero B, it is expected that the future will also be named after the ID. family, the specific final naming has yet to be further announced by the official, as for the listing time, it is expected that the car will be listed at the end of this year or early 2023.