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Americanized Sedan Reveals Its German Roots

2012 Volkswagen Passat

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The 2012 Volkswagen Passat is facing a type of perfect storm of skepticism from lengthy-time fans of the brand. Volkswagen has wasted no likelihood to tell the world that the company’s newest sedan will be customized-tailored to the American industry, with styling and packaging tweaks designed to set the automobile apart from its European counterpart. If that weren’t enough, the new North American Passat will also carry the distinction of getting the first VW products to be created at the automaker’s brand name-new assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

VW fans have constantly embraced the German flavor of their vehicles, but as the company pushes toward its (massively ambitious) objective of offering 800,000 models per year by 2018, we can count on to see far more market-certain goods in our neck of the woods. That pattern kicked off with the 2011 Jetta – a motor vehicle that sacrificed interior resources and suspension refinement to meet a reduced cost stage while developing larger to accommodate American tastes.

Does the Passat share a related fate? When the sedan 1st debuted at this year’s Detroit Automobile Show, it came packing a host of styling cues lifted immediately from the smaller Jetta. That lead several onlookers (ourselves integrated) to conclude that in creating its new mid-sized sedan, Volkswagen had just supersized the Jetta.

The good thing is, that is not the case.

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