The 2016 Volkswagen Passat has introduced at a private event held in New York City. For the next model year, the Passat gets comprehensive updates inside and out, and it benefits from additional tech features.
VW had promised us a "major facelift" for the American-made 2016 Passat, which comes as a slightly flashier front end with new a hood, bumper, fenders, grille and slimmer headlamps, together with a revised rear bumper and trunk lid, plus available LED head- and tail-lights, won't change that perception.
But you'll be hard pressed to find anything major other than some cosmetic polishing around the edges, and some tech and equipment updates.
Perhaps the biggest change comes with the addition of the first-ever R-line model in the Passat lineup for the U.S. The newest addition to the lineup features a sportier exterior with a unique rocker panel, more stylized front bumper with contrasting black accents, a modified rear diffuser, and will ride on 19-inch anthracite Salvador aluminum-alloy wheels fitted with 235/40 ZR rated tires.
Exterior
Starting with the front fascia 2016 Volkswagen Passat features the headlights themselves are slimmer in appearance, with lines that flow right into the four-bar grille. The lower grille is now more rectangular than the outgoing model.
With a new sculpted hood design with stronger character lines, a rippled hood, trunklid, and available LED headlights and taillights, as well as updated front and rear bumpers.
Interior
Inside, the new Volkswagen Passat features an upgraded cabin with a new dual-binnacle instrument cluster and infotainment system. Premium materials outfit the cabin, while a new steering wheel, column stalk designs and a chrome and piano black trim completes the look.
For the 2016 model year, Volkswagen will offer heated rear seats, and Easy-Open keyless access to the trunk that only requires a moving foot near the back of the vehicle to open it.
VW also introduced its latest MIB II infotainment system that's available with Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and MirrorLink, and which can be had with two different sizes of touchscreens (depending on the model) featuring gesture controls like swiping and pinch-zooming.
All 2016 Passat models get rearview cameras and the Automatic Post-Collision Braking System that prevents the vehicle from crashing into another car or object after the initial impact, as standard equipment.
Engine
For 2016, the Passat carries on with a 1.8-liter TSI four-cylinder engine that's both turbocharged and direct-injected, a 280-horsepower 3.6-liter VR6 unit and a 2.0-liter TDI turbodiesel, though Volkswagen is still banned from selling diesels in the United States following the Dieselgate scandal. The 1.8-liter and the TDI can be ordered with either a manual or an automatic transmission, while the VR6 is exclusively linked to a dual-clutch automatic.
It also includes – or would have included – a 2.0-liter TDI. Whether that engine ever gets offered again, some analysts say, is doubtful. VW ordered dealers Monday to stop selling it until (if ever) the emissions issues that have angered the EPA and customers are addressed.
Verdict
Well, now its time for somethings to reconsider with lot of may agree with that the US Passat was never a car you'd choose for its design, and then the facelift isn't also much as it was expected.
On the other hand, this car is coming with some good engine options and enhanced tech and safety features, it can be a good buy.
Althoung the detailed pricing will be announced closer to launch later this year, but VW said that the entry-level 1.8T S model with a 6sp automatic would start at $22,440, which is the same as the outgoing 2015 Passat.
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