The prototypes of the new Volkswagen Passat Variant 2024 are once again seen in tests on the roads of northern Sweden, where snowfall and low temperatures still persist. The new generation of the Wolfsburg station wagon appears in new spy photos, this time with an important look inside.
We already know that the volkswagen passat has said goodbye to the market, and that the German brand has decided to leave the family variant in the offer, preparing a completely new generation in which, for the first time in the history of this model, only this more practical bodywork will be offered. And once again, one of the prototypes of the Volkswagen Passat Variant 2024 with a camouflage that hides the new features of the model.
Nail spy photos revealing nothing new on the outside, but on the inside. This is the first time that we can look into its cabin, especially at the front, and discover the evolution suffered by the representative of segment D in this area. Although it is at a very early stage of development, with barely three months since the mule was first seen, and then one of the prototypesyou can see in more detail that its interior evolves according to the current canon of the latest Volkswagen models.
The novelties of the Volkswagen Passat Variant 2024
It can almost be said that it inherits the style introduced in the electric Volkswagen ID. with a screen under the typical sun visor for the digital instrument clusteralthough larger than in the zero emissions, while the center console is occupied with a second screen more rectangular and with a base occupied by some keys. Even, we can also see that it dispenses with the classic gear lever and bets on its location on the steering column.
The new Passat Variant will be larger than its predecessor, with a significant increase in the space of the rear seats and in the volume of luggage and cargo in the boot thanks to a few millimeters longer wheelbase. Known internally as “B9” will be a serious alternative to the new Skoda Superb, whose development has also started, and with which will share the production line of the factory in Bratislava, Slovakia.
The future Volkswagen Passat Variant is expected to be one of the great novelties of next year, with the debut scheduled for mid-2023, which means that will hit the market late next year as a 2024 model. Its offer will have gasoline and diesel versions, all with four cylinders and with the well-known engines of 1.5 liter TSI Evo and the 2.0 TDI Evo, in addition to the corresponding plug-in hybrid “eHybrid”, a new name for the “GTE”. An important novelty is that all versions will be equipped with 7-speed automatic transmission and “4MOTION” all-wheel drive in the most powerful.