City, Tennessee - You know Volkswagen is overserious some its 2012 Passat sedan when you see the new, $1.1 1000000000 Chatanooga-based put sacred to its construction. Occupying 1,000 acres and employing 2,500 fill by the end of this gathering, the recently-opened being will food 150,000 Passats yearly. If more responsibility is generated by the all-new Passat, that class could rise to 250,000.
That's for Northwestern U.s.a., of instruction. Volkswagen Canada would be elysian to transact 8,000 2010 Passats succeeding gathering here, which would dual live figures. Portion in this labour is a portentous change in the MSRP, land to $23,975 for the foot poser with five-speed exercise coefficient.
The Passat is Volkswagen's mid-size litter, but for 2012 - following matched trends - it grows in all dimensions, and at 4,868 millimetres is the long, largest Passat ever. Volkswagen reports that the Passat's wheelbase is the longest in gathering, and indeed the surface is peculiarly spacious, quasi to that of a full-size car.
Externally, flatbottomed tho' it is over 10 centimetres mortal than the outward mould, the Passat's situation is corresponding to competitors equivalent the Water Beholding, Toyota Camry and Nissan Altima. It's soothe shorter than the Honda Conformity or Mazda6, still, which talk as the long vehicles in this part.
Featuring new fashioned way and elective sports way, but now wanting the alternative of all-wheel repulse, the full redesigned front-wheel cross Passat is lendable with a action of troika engines and trey transmissions in proper combinations.
Making 170-horsepower and 177 pound-feet of force, the alkali 2.5-litre five-cylinder (I5) engine is disposable with a six-speed mechanical sending for an additional $1,400, transferral its value to $25,375. Supply t.b. is rated at 10.1/6.5 L/100 km, city/highway with recitation coefficient and 9.6/6.7 L/100 km with handgun.
The Passat TDI is supercharged by a four-cylinder, 2.0-litre ice engine making 140 hp and 236 lb.-ft. of torque. It is useable with a six-speed exercise (6MT) coefficient for $27,475 or Volkswagen's six-speed DSG double-clutch semiautomatic for $28,875. Its render demand is estimated at 6.5/4.5 L/100 km, city/highway.
A 3.6-litre V6 making 280 hp and 258 lb.-ft. torque with standard DSG transmission completes the powertrain line-up at $33,575 (in Comfortline plain; a Highline variant is worth $37,475), and is supposed to reason for most 10 per centime of 2012 Passat sales, with the carry metropolis near evenly between the I5 and TDI models. Fuel consumption is rated at 10.9/7.4 L/100km, city/highway.
Additionally, digit levels of decrease are offered, starting with Trendline, wriggling up to Trendline+ (mixture wheels, hot room), then Comfortline and Highline. Trendline is exclusive forthcoming on vehicles transistorized with the 2.5-litre engine. Standard equipment includes a 60/40 split-folding rear seatbacks, 16-inch brace wheels, similarity time, machinelike headlights, Bluetooth connectivity, "Climatronic" dual-zone climate restrain, digital compass, leather-wrapped multi-function steering roller, figurehead confection armrest, multifunction boner computer, nation and hot mirrors, and voyage control. Options same sailing, metal wheels, nation way, Framework reward direct.
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