2015 VW Passat is here...

Stallingrad

Well not quite, official unveil is tomorrow. Excited?

jimgoose

I'm sitting here masturbating like a mentally defective orang-utan. Oh frabjous day, calloo-callay!!

Stallingrad

Rumour has it it will have the new TFT binnacle like the TT, and is a firm push upmarket, so who knows, might not be too shabby. The days of the Trendline on steelies may be numbered.

R.O.R

I am quote excited.

Quite a big deal in my line of business.

MuppetCheck

To be honest, if it's anything like the vast improvement of the current MQB platform Golf/Octavia/Leon/A3 over the older models it's going to be an extremely good car. The CC is the one I'd potentially have an interest in at some point.

jimgoose

MuppetCheck wrote: »

...The CC is the one I'd potentially have an interest in at some point.

All messing aside, the Passat CC is a sexy-looking car. :cool:

Senecio

You can bet any press release photos will look nothing like what we'll see on our roads with a 151- Plate.

bazz26

New CC is at least 12 to 18 months away and will include a Shooting Brake version too.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

The front looks quite "VW Agressive", kindof like the front of the old Phaeton

For Forks Sake

Stallingrad wrote: »

The days of the Trendline on steelies may be numbered.

Not a hope.

wotswattage

Looks like fairly pronounced front arches too.

Noccy_Mondy

It seems like the current one is only out 5 minutes, compared to the B6 which seemed to drag on before being replaced.

Even though they will both have had 6 years

mickdw

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

It seems like the current one is only out 5 minutes, compared to the B6 which seemed to drag on before being replaced.

Even though they will both have had 6 years

I see the current one as a b6 facelift meaning its been out since 2005 with a heavy mid life facelift.

colm_mcm

I predict rear tail lights with the same arrangement as the a4/superb

Spark Plug

I understood that the car was going to be unveiled ahead of the Paris motor show in October has this changed?

MuppetCheck

colm_mcm wrote: »

I predict rear tail lights with the same arrangement as the a4/superb

So long as it doesn't have the Superbs LED headlights that look like someone stopped off in Maplin that's ok. Current passat has them too.

The Dagda

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/passat/84875/vw-passat-2015-price-and-release-date

MuppetCheck

Just saw this on VW Ireland's Facebook. I like it to be honest.

colm_mcm

The back of that AE artists impression looks like a pug 607

Stallingrad

Lots of pics on worldcarfans.com. Not a big fan of the fussy front end styling, cabin looks nice but a lot of Golf in the there. Underwhelmed but did not expect to be bowled over.

MuppetCheck

Stallingrad wrote: »

Lots of pics on worldcarfans.com. Not a big fan of the fussy front end styling, cabin looks nice but a lot of Golf in the there. Underwhelmed but did not expect to be bowled over.

How very VW of them:)

Looks like that car has R-Line kit and upgrade (19's?) wheels.

Xenon or LED lights and glass roof, but it wouldn't take too much to make a basic one look like that.

Stallingrad

I see you can get analogue clocks or the new TFT screen, wonder how many TFTs we will see here?

MuppetCheck

Probably not many, the father has one in his car and it's not up to much tbh. I'd personally prefer dials.

The wagon looks tasty.


Rear of the saloon looks like the current model, personally I think that's it's best angle anyway.

Slattsy

Smashing looking motor, any idea what the RRP will be?

challengemaster

Looked better under the sheet

Noccy_Mondy

I think it looks a lot like the mk5 Mondeo tbh, once you get past the front end (which isn't unsimilar), especially the wing mirrors

Stallingrad

Slattsy wrote: »

Smashing looking motor, any idea what the RRP will be?

5% increase is suggested. Car is also smaller than the current car, although a tad wider.

Stallingrad

Worlds longest air vent?

jimgoose

Stallingrad wrote: »

Worlds longest air vent?...

Could be. I like that dash though, it's funky in an understated way. I also notice it's getting to the stage where I can't tell whether a yoke is automatic or not by looking at the shift-lever! :pac:

GavMan

CC Shooting Brake looks good

BdaraB

According to WhatCar there will be no petrols for sale in the UK
"VW says that less than 1% of Passats sold in the UK have petrol engines, so there will be no purely petrol-powered version offered"
There will only be a plugin hybrid with a petrol engine

Stallingrad

That would be disappointing if true, they have some fine petrol engines and diesel does not suit everyone.

BdaraB

Stallingrad wrote: »

That would be disappointing if true, they have some fine petrol engines and diesel does not suit everyone.

It's understandable if they only had a 1% take rate, no one is buying a petrol Passat if you look on Autotrader there is one new/nearly new Passat for sale

Stallingrad

I see you can't buy petrol in the current shape either. And I thought petrol was making a comeback, glad I got my 1.4Tsi before they pulled them.

BdaraB

Stallingrad wrote: »

I see you can't buy petrol in the current shape either. And I thought petrol was making a comeback, glad I got my 1.4Tsi before they pulled them.

Well not it that size of car anyway, although a huge 3 petrol CC's are up. If you move down a class there is still a few petrols, just going by the cars on Autotrader around 1/3 of Golf's that are up are petrol,

djimi

Interior is nice, exterior is painfully bland.

ofcork

Again imo too similar to whats gone before,front is like a kia optima,why don't vw designers come up with something different for a change.

Mc Love

Very similar to the current model

colm_mcm

To be fair, they got 9 years out of the b6. Its about evolution rather than branching in random directions as some companies do.
That design wont age straight away and should stand the test of time. Contemporary becomes pathe very quickly.

Oafley Jones

Like the estate but otherwise Meh. The back of the saloon is as bad as the current golf. They've said that they want to be the Apple of car design and you can sort of see where they're going with it but it doesn't work for me at all. There's a fine line between minimalism and bland and VW are on the wrong side of it. Would love them to have a clear out of their design team.

Stallingrad

You can see they are aiming for BMW, the flanks, swage line with integrated for handles, hoffmeister kink, even fuel cap (no longer round) all scream 3 series.

I think it moves things forward not one bit, if you asked a non-car person which of these designs had just been released I doubt they would know.

Truckermal

I don't think anyone here will have the model shown as they will be 1.6 tdi on steelies.

Stallingrad

Truckermal wrote: »

I don't think anyone here will have the model shown as they will be 1.6 tdi on steelies.

Like this.

Truckermal

Yes I like the exhausts though..

Mc Love

the swage line as you call it is so similar to the 3 series

djimi

colm_mcm wrote: »

To be fair, they got 9 years out of the b6. Its about evolution rather than branching in random directions as some companies do.
That design wont age straight away and should stand the test of time. Contemporary becomes pathe very quickly.

I dunno, maybe its just me but to me something like the newer model Accord is a car that will stand the test of time, whereas that new Passat looks dated already. Then again I have never seen the appeal of VW and have always found them to be bland cars, so each to their own I guess!

V Eight

Truckermal wrote: »

Yes I like the exhausts though..

AUDI A8 exhausts.

bazz26

GavMan wrote: »

CC Shooting Brake looks good

That is just a rendition of the current CC.

nice_guy80

Meh

That means money wiped off the current models

tossy

V Eight wrote: »

AUDI A8 exhausts.

Audi A8,Merc (every class), Kia, .... they are all at it. I think the look crap on any car esp when you consider the are just a cut out in the bumper with a metal frame and the real exhaust is sitting behind them (which is usually a weedy little pipe)

The Dagda

bazz26 wrote: »

That is just a rendition of the current CC.

It's a rendering of the next generation.

Rendering of the current one here



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