2024 VW Passat B9 Sedan: What Could Have Been, But Won’t

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As galore of you are aware, Volkswagen decided to discontinue the sedan assemblage benignant for the ninth-generation European Passat, leaving the B9-codenamed exemplary exclusively disposable arsenic a Variant (station wagon). While we whitethorn ne'er person the accidental to acquisition one, it’s earthy to ponder what a sedan mentation of the 2024 Passat mightiness person looked like.

Enter rendering creator Theottle who has digitally transposed a sedan silhouette onto the caller Passat B9 Variant, taking cues from different VW products, specified arsenic the Chinese-spec Lamando L. The effect is simply a amazingly realistic and stylish four-door, with a sleeker process and a much aerodynamic profile. While it’s improbable that VW volition ever physique a Passat B9 sedan, Theottle’s rendering gives america a tantalizing glimpse of what could person been.

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Even though the full-width taillight clump of the Lamando L would complement the Passat nicely, the creator made adjustments to align the graphics with those of the Variant. Additionally, helium modified the integrated spoiler to springiness it a much accepted appearance, deviating from the liftback plan of the Lamando L.

The imaginary Passat B9 sedan retains the aforesaid 2,841 mm (111.9 inches) wheelbase arsenic the Variant, a communal diagnostic successful specified conversions. The trade-off for the sleeker quality would beryllium a somewhat reduced trunk space, apt falling beneath the Variant’s 690-liter (24.4 cu-ft) capacity.

If specified a conveyance ever existed, it would stock the powertrain variants with its much applicable sibling. These options see assorted petrol, diesel, mild-hybrid, and plug-in hybrid configurations. Among them, the PHEV stands retired arsenic the astir technologically advanced. It combines a turbocharged 1.5-liter TSI motor with a azygous electrical centrifugal and a larger 19.7 kWh artillery pack, delivering a maximum output of 268 hp (200 kW / 272 PS) and an all-electric scope of 100 km (62 miles).

While accepted sedan enthusiasts volition astir apt miss the VW Passat, they volition soon get entree to an charismatic and mechanically related alternate successful the signifier of the Skoda Superb. The Czech automaker plans to present notchback and Combi versions of its caller flagship that volition intimately reflector the specifications of the VW Passat Variant.