2017 Volkswagen Passat 2.0T Euro-Spec First Drive Review

As Volkswagen was get ready to dispatch its present first class vehicle for the U.S. advertise, it made a major puzzle around its name. Slated to supplant the Passat yet planned particularly for Americans, the model was mysteriously alluded to as the NMS, which remained for "new moderate size car." Just when the tension had turned out to be practically terrible, the name of the new auto was uncovered as . . . Passat. 

2017 Volkswagen Passat 2.0T Euro-Spec First Drive Review

2017 Volkswagen Passat 2.0T Euro-Spec First Drive Review

In spite of the fact that the name was unaltered, the new U.S. Passat had part from its European cousin. Worked on the current PQ46 stage and extended to offer a lot of back seat room, the American-constructed auto was planned and built to pursue the Toyota Camry. In the mean time, the European Passat, which utilizes the more up to date MQB engineering, moved to end up plainly a solid other option to Audis. That is especially valid for the highest point of-the-line rendition, which we simply went through two weeks with on its German home turf. 

A Four with More 

While the U.S. The range-finishing Continental Passat accompanies a 276-hp turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four. Furthermore, despite the fact that we cherish the smooth sound of the six, the similarly effective four apparently is a superior motor, sufficiently solid (as per VW) to drive this auto to 62 mph in 5.5 seconds and on to an electronically constrained 155 mph. The efficiency is praiseworthy; we dealt with a demonstrated 21 mpg, with expanded measures of driving at triple-digit speeds. In the European test cycle, this Passat is appraised at 33 mpg, and with a light foot, that figure is achievable. 

The motor's yield is directed to each of the four wheels through a fresh moving six-speed double grip programmed. This Passat is an outright happiness to flagellate on twisty streets. The controlling is exact, coordinate, and pleasantly weighted; the charmingly firm suspension is flexible in three settings and is neither excessively brutal nor delicate in any of them; and the auto is unbiased at the farthest point. The brakes nibble forcefully and display no blur. Our auto was fitted with 18-inch wheels, which do their part to outwardly flavor up this present auto's generally horrendously preservationist styling.  

2017 Volkswagen Passat 2.0T Euro-Spec First Drive Review

The R-line treatment, while adding a couple of elegant touches to the outside, has to a greater degree an effect inside. The steady cowhide seats and the aluminum trim component a woven example copying carbon fiber, and there is a thick and grippy level base controlling wheel. This Passat highlights a full TFT instrument bunch that enables the driver to change the introduction in ways that incorporate a huge route outline. The impact isn't exactly as astounding as it is on current Audi models' Virtual Cockpits, yet it's valuable regardless. We were less inspired by the head-up show, which rises up out of the dashtop at a clumsy point and looks shaky. 

Inside Finery 

The European Passat is shorter than its Tennessee-assembled partner by 4.2 inches, however the wheelbase is for all intents and purposes indistinguishable, and the auto accordingly feels practically as open. Also, this Passat has a more upscale condition. The materials are more supple, and the wind and street clamor that pervades the U.S. Passat's back lodge is prominently missing. The European model is a class past, if not more. 

That is likewise valid for the huge number of help frameworks advertised. While a long way from transforming the Passat into an independent auto—or even a semi-self-sufficient one—the frameworks dependably alarm heedless drivers when peril looms, without quieting them into a misguided feeling that all is well and good. Furthermore, we like the LED taillights, whose level example changes to vertical when the brakes are connected. 

2017 Volkswagen Passat 2.0T Euro-Spec First Drive Review

2017 Volkswagen Passat 2.0T Euro-Spec First Drive Review

Regardless of whether you are driving through medieval towns, appreciating winding byways, or navigating the superhighway at 155 mph, this Passat is a top-level German official car in each feeling of the words. In any case, this Q-deliver includes some significant downfalls: Our test case, which was not almost completely prepared, would have set us back by about $49,000 (excluding Germany's essential 19 percent esteem included assessment). A lot for a Passat? Not by any means. In spite of its name, this one is an inside and out various creature from the one we know in the United States.

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