New VW Passat advert

Speedway

Have to say I love this, great ad. New Passat looks a little bland but I'm guessing it's the American version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55e-uHQna0

Matt Simis

Its a great advert and the New (New?) Beetle teaser advert is good too.
Personally I think the new US Passat looks a bit nicer and chunkier than the new EU version.
I didnt make these pictures, I have better things to do than draw arrows on VWs workhorse, but they are nicely done:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lwYgXi6NHU

si_guru

Speedway wrote: »

Have to say I love this, great ad. New Passat looks a little bland but I'm guessing it's the American version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55e-uHQna0

Yes... only the US version could have a feature to waste even more fuel!

flanzer

I must say, that the North American car inside and out is far better. The Euro model is very squared in the wrong places...

_Kaiser_

Saw my first one of these "in the metal" today and from the side it looks almost identical to my own 06 version. Don't like the front - still think it looks like the old B5 (not the nicer B5.5 refresh) - and the back isn't great either.

I prefer the American interior though - particularly the way the climate controls look "integrated" with the stereo, the wood trim "fits" better (particularly around the centre console and the light switch, and the silly analogue clock doesn't look as obtrusive between the top vents on the US version.

S Line

Talk about a lazy styling dept.!!! As soon as I seen the B7 passat my initial thoughts were B6.5 more like!!! This American (and Chinese) ‘NMS’ version confuses me it’s an all new car but it looks very like the B7.
Why go to the bother of making a B7 and a ‘NMS’ version it’s not like that they are totally different. Either one would have done for all of the markets. It just looks like waste of millions of €’s to me.
The American version would work in Europe (a opposed to say an Impala or a Taurus) and European version of the Passat has always been sold in America.

bazz26

European B7 Passat is just a heavily facelifted B6 which is 6 years old so it is bound to look dated in alot of places. The American Passat or IMS uses a different platform to the B7 and is designed to move the Passat up and away from the smaller Jetta which always outsold the Passat in the US.

Imo the Yanks got the better deal here.

S Line

Well the USA version has the advantage of being 100% new and has the benefit of not being a restyled (rehashed !!) six year old design.

If it is a much larger car than the Euro version (I can’t tell from the pics.), as in the same size as an E-Class/A6 then it would make sense that they are trying it market it significantly above the Jetta.

If it is the same size as the Euro version that they have wasted a lot of money to make a slightly different car

_Kaiser_

Well as I said above, if I was buying a new one I'd rather the US version myself.

I wonder will the US version become Euro B7.5 in a few years?

alexmcred

The back of the US version in the second video looks very similar to a 3 series imo