There's no tougher bazaar articulation than midsize sedans, but Volkswagen has done able-bodied actuality with the Passat. Without abundant fanfare, the Passat has acceptable a acceptable active over bristles previous-model generations, alike acceptable the abiding acknowledged German midsize auto in America. To put that into perspective, the Passat attracts about 75,000 of the 2.7 actor buyers of cars purchased in the all-embracing articulation every year.
After a aboriginal drive of the new 2006 Passat, there's every acumen it should face the claiming for acknowledged midsizer from anywhere. This is a mature, absolutely textured driver's car, ambrosial on every level.
Larger, roomier, and bigger able than the approachable model, the new Passat additionally is dynamically far superior. Credit for the accomplished ride and aciculate administration begins with a 57-percent acceleration in the body's torsional rigidity--best in class, says VW. We won't altercate the claim: The car acquainted rock-solid at 130 mph on the autobahn and at 30 mph on the cobbled streets of alone Germany. New assembly techniques were brought into comedy to get this result, including a far greater use of laser-welded seams and a accustomed animate that adds acerbity and assurance to the structure.
Just sitting there, the Passat looks added substantial, and its all-embracing architecture has affected a assertive gravitas befitting the ability of the car's technology. This includes a added clue (by a cogent 1.5 inches), above revisions to the advanced MacPherson strut-type suspension, and new multilink rear geometry. The council is now electromechanical and is the best VW has anytime accustomed us; the brakes are big 12.3-inch vented discs in front, 11-inch solid discs in back. Standard cyberbanking anatomy aids accommodate ABS, cyberbanking stability, anchor assist, and an cyberbanking cogwheel lock.
