With the gradual rejuvenation of Volkswagen's models, Volkswagen, which once occupied the position of "brother" in the automobile market for many years, has successfully entered the field of vision of post-90s and post-00s consumers.
As Volkswagen's benchmark product in the field of B-class cars, the Passat has once again appeared on people's car purchase lists.
Although the Passat has successfully transformed, it is still not attractive in the face of some people with station wagon feelings, but fortunately, passat has recently launched its own travel version of the model to fill this blank market.
Recently, overseas media exposed a set of road test photos of the new Passat travel version of the model, it is reported that the new car will be based on the MQB platform, following the infrastructure of Skoda Superd.
Judging from the pictures, the new Passat Travel Edition model seems to be slightly different from the Passat that has been released, and it is said here that the test car is not a test car for the previous shell version, but is likely to be a new generation of models.
It is not difficult to see from the front face that the new car adopts a flat design style, and the banner front grille is connected to the headlight groups on both sides to form an integrated design, and because it is a test vehicle, the lower grille does not seem to be designed. However, the increased air intakes on both sides are very noticeable, which is perhaps the biggest change in the front face.
The sides are typical of the station wagon structure, slender and elegant, and the roof line gradually slides from the B-pillar, making the vehicle look a little sneaky.
Due to the design of the double waist line, the visual center of gravity of the vehicle can be improved, and the double five-frame wheels equipped with it give people a more calm visual feeling. Of course, it is not excluded that new cars will introduce a variety of wheel shapes to choose from in the future.
The tail does not use too many design techniques, the visual effect presented is also relatively full, the size of the tail light group is relatively small, and the interior is supplemented by a dot matrix light source, which is expected to have good recognition after lighting at night.
In addition, because the lower surround is protruding from the body, the rear of the vehicle has a certain sense of layering. The exhaust layout is hidden exhaust, which is also in line with the positioning of the station wagon at home.
The interior pictures of the vehicle have not yet been leaked, but it can be boldly predicted that the interior of the new car will adopt Volkswagen's latest family design style, providing configurations including a full LCD dashboard, a suspension central control screen and a new electronic gear lever, which may have a qualitative improvement compared to the model in the creation of a sense of technology.
In terms of vehicle power, the Passat Travel Edition is expected to continue to be equipped with 2.0T gasoline and diesel turbocharged engines, a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission, and a 48-volt mild hybrid system as standard. At the same time, the 2.0T plug-in hybrid system will also appear on the Passat Travel Edition model, equipped with a 6-speed dual-clutch transmission.
In addition, in order to meet the carbon emission reduction policy, the new generation of Passat may launch a pure electric version of the model, the new car or will be positioned as Aero B, planned to be officially unveiled in 2023.
It is reported that the pure electric version of the model will be divided into single motor and dual motor four-wheel drive version of the model, the maximum output is 200Kw, 224Kw and 276Kw, the corresponding battery pack capacity is 77kW · h and 100kW · h, the maximum cruising range will reach 700Km. Such a mileage is already enough to rival the fuel version of the model, and the identity of the pure electric version of the model is destined to be more comfortable than the car life of the fuel version.
The new generation of Passat Travel Edition models is currently only for sale in the European market, which is also more in line with the local car culture, because the new car is based on the MQB platform, the appearance and body size performance are subversive, which will make consumers look sideways. At the same time, with the blessing of the four power systems of gasoline, diesel, plug-in hybrid and pure electricity, the comprehensive strength of the new Passat will be stronger in the future, and the corresponding market competitiveness will be further enhanced. However, it is a pity that due to a variety of reasons, the Chinese people can not experience the travel version of passat, but the public Weilan is also a good choice.