Recently, the last American version of the Volkswagen Passat rolled off the production line at the Chattanooga plant in Tennessee, which means that the American version of the Volkswagen Passat was officially discontinued.
The product, which eventually rolled off the production line, was named the 2022 Passat limited edition model, which became volkswagen's cumulative production of 800,000 Passats at the factory, and since then, there has been no latter.
Of course, this is not the first time Volkswagen Passat has announced the discontinuation of production, the European version of Volkswagen announced the discontinuation of production earlier. The U.S. version is now close behind, which means that the hot-selling model in the U.S. market, which has a history of 48 years, once accumulated more than 1.8 million products, has completely withdrawn from the historical stage.
Perhaps Passat himself did not expect that from the initial glory to the current exit, it would be so fast. After entering the U.S. market in 1974, it directly became one of the most representative models of Volkswagen, with more than 1.8 million units sold in the United States. Its peak was in 2012, when a total of 117,000 vehicle models were sold, becoming the peak of TA's "car students".
However, the glory did not last long, and the later market has become more and more distant from the relationship with cars. When American consumers increasingly like SUVs and pickup products, Passat will have a hard time continuing its glory. In 2021, Passat sold only 24,400 units in the whole year, and the continuous downturn in sales has also made the public start to consider when to be the endpoint of TA.
Originally in Volkswagen's official announcement plan, Passat will no longer be updated in the US market and will withdraw from the US market by 2023. Later, due to excessively dismal sales, Volkswagen moved the time forward to December 2021. But it's not a complete exit, as the Passat Travel Edition, Arteon and Arteon Hunt Editions will continue to be in production. In China, these three models correspond to Weilan, CC and CC hunting vehicles.
Well, they are discontinued, the European version of the Volkswagen Passat corresponds to the domestic version of FAW-Volkswagen Maiteng, and the US version of Volkswagen Passat is the last volkswagen Passat, the end of the production of these two prototypes, the domestic version of volkswagen Passat and Maiten or become the "special version" model.
Of course, some media believe that after the European version and the American version of the Volkswagen Passat sedan have been discontinued, the future or will be replaced by the Volkswagen Aero B pure electric model. The Volkswagen Aero B resembles the Volkswagen Passat's "pure electric version" model, which is expected to replace the vacancy after the Passat discontinuation in the future.
Ghost Bucket Car View: When God wants to say goodbye to you, he will never give you any preparation, and in all the car markets based on sales, the dismal sales volume is the moment to say goodbye. So for this two models that are still selling quite well in the Chinese market and have returned from the new, do you have any ideas, leave a message to talk about it!