2022 #VWPassat #rip
Most Volkswagen fans think that the Golf is currently the longest-lived Volkswagen nameplate, but that honor actually belongs to the Passat, which went on sale a year before the Golf in Europe, in 1973. Based on the Audi 80, the Passat was initially sold in two- and four-door fastback sedan and three- and five-door hatchback form, with a wagon joining one year later.

In the U.S., the Passat was marketed as the Dasher, and sold in all three versions from 1974. More than 222,000 were sold before the car was replaced by the second-generation Passat, this time marketed as the Quantum. The Passat name appeared for the first time in this market in 1990, and has remained ever since.

Until 2011, all U.S.-market Passat models originated from Europe. A sea change occurred in 2011, when Volkswagen started building an entirely different car, tailored to American midsize sedan tastes. More affordable, the U.S.-market car was codenamed New Midsize Sedan (NMS) and was larger both inside and out than the eighth-generation European car that debuted in 2014.

The current U.S. Passat has been given two updates since first going on sale, and has been exported to Canada, Mexico, South Korea and Middle Eastern markets. A version of the car has also been on sale in China, assembled by SAIC in Shanghai, alongside the Passat Lingyu and Magotan.
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00:00 - Passat History, Walkaround, and Powertrain
01:59 - Interior Features and Design
05:36 - Back Seat Impressions
06:19 - Cargo and function
06:30 - Driving Impressions
07:46 - Engine / Transmission Response
08:32 - Ride Quality and Brakes
09:16 - Disappearing Sedan Talk
11:05 - Dated experience
11:30 - Where is VW going?
12:25 - Mediocrity isn't remembered.
12:57 - VW needs knobs and a good sedan
14:22 - member thanks and B-Roll