Volkswagen Passat Variant test drive since 2010
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Black Phaeton stopped at a multi -storey business center, behind the glass doors of which we were met by his distant relative Passat option of the first generation of 1973. But on this day he was assigned a secondary role. Nearby, a press conference began on the presentation of the new middle-class Volkswagen with the station wagon option number six.
Planting in the car
I won’t assure that I like the new Passat. There is nothing ugly, disproportionate, ambiguous in it everything is folding and harmonious. However, the new model regretted that very German solidity, importance, if you want, stiffness, which immediately caught my eye when looking at the predecessor. Perhaps, partially influenced by tearful eyes-phara and foreign crystal lights. I prefer to look at the Passat strictly in the profile in it more from the previous model.
What are the station wagons for? Of course, for spaciousness. The sixth generation car has outgrown a notorious predecessor. The new option is almost 100 mm longer, 75 wider and 20 higher. The additional space was ordered correctly: the salon became more spacious, and the luggage volume increased by more than 100 liters, up to 603 liters. With folded rear seats, almost three times larger, however, taking into account the 90-liter niche for the spare wheel. Small storage room! Looking at the rest, the gas tank swept over 8 liters.
Naturally, several configurations are provided for the new option. Even in the simplest trendline (Trendline) ESP stabilization system, six airbags, climate control, the central locking castle, the roof of the roof on this does not end there. The manufacturer assures that the basic models of two generations will be the same. The new units and various options will increase the numbers on the price tags, but I quote the company's representatives as much as comfort will increase. The interior, to match the appearance, also softened, although ergonomics are still on top. The feeling is that all devices and buttons are located where they left them like a home TV remote. And you sit in the seat, as in your favorite chair.
Nose in the wind
I insert the chip codes into the nest by thinking a little, the option answered with a quiet voice of the 2-liter FSI motor. Now it is clear why, at a press conference, experts paid attention to the noise and vibration insulation of the new Passat external stimuli barely penetrate the salon.
During the entire speed range, 150 horses would confidently pull out the bottom from the bottom and not disgrace the owner on the high -speed highway. For a car, which often travels a large family with a belongings, there is no less power, although less.
The correct family car should be obedient, perhaps as a Passat option. The car clearly reacts to the turns of the steering wheel, but, as the family’s friend is, does it without sports sharpness. The suspension gently swallows holes, however, on frequent bumps (in European cities you often meet paving stones), the trembling still shakes the salon. But overall a pleasant car. Let's see how he will behave in Russian with an enlarged 20 mm road clearance. Reloting to a diesel engine 1.9 liters, you immediately feel the lack of horses. The owner of the first option was spent 30 years ago, 75 hp calmly cost The current 105-horsepower TDI picks up closer to 2000 rpm, and after 4,000 forces leave it, and it is pointless to twist further. But the owner of the Passat has 1.9 TDI in the sleeve of a significant trump card. With a leisurely suburban ride, a difficult station wagon with such a diesel engine consumes only about 5 liters of fuel.
That's the difference between the diesels of two generations. The volume is almost the same, and the characteristics of the two -liter TDI are much better: the power and torque is almost 30%higher. The motor is confidently lucky from 1700 rpm, and therefore it is necessary to take up the mechanical box lever less often. Touch and hearing confirm that the new diesel is much quieter than his colleague. And in dynamic qualities, this option is more similar to a fellow with a FSI engine of a similar volume.
Brave design, other layout of power units, new pendants. Someone will perceive innovations in bayonets, others, on the contrary, nods approvingly. Today, about 13 million Volkswagen-passata has been sold. Sales of new options will increase this number. How much? In many ways, this will depend on the price. Popular treasure
The sixth Passat, and in particular the station wagon, the car is completely new in design. One of the vivid evidence of the power unit is located transversely, and not longitudinally. By the way, all engines, FSI gasoline and diesel TDI (except for the base 102-horsepower gasoline 1.6 l), the option is installed on the Passat for the first time. With them, mechanical five- and six-speed boxes and automatic Testronics and DSG work with them. A new front handle of the McEferson type of aluminum alloys turned out to be very light 13.3 kg. The rear suspension is assembled on the subframe, the design reduces harmful noises and vibrations.
There are enough new -fashioned raisins. In parking lots, the car holds an electronic handbrake, the brake system in the rain every five minutes dries the discs, a function is included in the ESP stabilization device that allows you to catch the trailer when it is lost from the course. Even in the basic configuration, the Passat is literally stuffed with security systems: ABS, Antibux ASR, EBA braking assistant, EDL differential electronic blocking. At the Phaeton, the new model borrowed an active cruise control that independently maintains a distance. For the first time, the effort on the steering wheel reduces the electric power steering.
Maxim Sachkov
Source: The magazine "Driving"
