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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Volkswagen |
| Also called | Volkswagen Magotan (China, FAW-VW) Volkswagen Variant (station wagon, China) |
| Production | 2005–2011 |
| Model years | 2006–2010 |
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| Designer | Robert Lešnik[1] |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Mid-size car / Large family car (D-segment) |
| Body style | 4-door saloon/sedan 5-door estate/wagon 4-door coupé (Passat CC) |
| Layout | Front engine, front-wheel drive or 4motion four-wheel drive |
| Platform | Volkswagen Group A6 PQ46 |
| Related | Volkswagen Golf Mk6 Volkswagen Tiguan Audi A3 SEAT Leon SEAT Toledo SEAT Altea Škoda Octavia Volkswagen Golf/Rabbit/GTI Volkswagen Jetta Volkswagen Passat CC Skoda Superb |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | |
| Transmission | 5-speed manual 6-speed manual 6-speed Tiptronic automatic 6-speed DSG automatic |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,709 mm (106.7 in) |
| Length | Sedan 2005-08: 4,780 mm (188.2 in) 2009-2010: 4,765 mm (187.6 in) Wagon 4,775 mm (188.0 in) |
| Width | 1,820 mm (71.7 in) |
| Height | Sedan: 1,473 mm (58.0 in) Wagon: 1,516 mm (59.7 in) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Volkswagen Passat (B5) |
| Successor | Volkswagen Passat (B8) Volkswagen Passat NMS |
The Volkswagen Passat (B6 and B7) is a front-engine D-segment large family car manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen from 2005 to 2011 (B6) and from 2010 to 2015 (B7, facelift). Respectively the six and seventh generation Passat, and internally designated B6 and B7, they were marketed in sedan and wagon bodystyles in front-wheel as well as all-wheel drive configurations, with a range of petrol and diesel engines.
Unlike its predecessor, the B6 Passat no longer shared its platform with Audi's equivalent model (the Audi A4). Based on a modified version of the Mk5 Golf's PQ35 platform (PQ46), the B6 featured a transverse rather than longitudinal engine layout of its predecessor, like the previous B3 and B4 generations, which were related to the A2 (Golf) platform. The PQ46 platform provided increased torsional rigidity.
The transverse-engine layout of the four-wheel drive version, marketed as 4Motion, dictated a switch from the Torsen centre differential of the B5, to the Haldex Traction multi-plate clutch. The change to the Haldex system also changes the handling closer to a front-wheel drive car. Compared to the Torsen, the Haldex can direct torque more unequally to the front wheels (from 100:0 to 50:50 front-to-rear bias), thus providing a wider bias range than the 75:25 to 25:75 of the B5 Passat. Haldex is a reactive-type system, behaving as a front-wheel-drive vehicle until slippage is detected, at which point up to a maximum of 50% of the torque can be transmitted to the rear axle. See the Audi-related quattro (four-wheel-drive system) article for more information.
The B6 debuted at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2005, and launched in Europe in the summer of 2005, using a long-wheelbase version of the fifth-generation Golf and Jetta, along with a transverse engine layout. B6 Passats were marketed globally, and superseded in North America by a model exclusively manufactured at Volkswagen's Chattanooga Assembly Plant. VW debuted the B7 facelift at the Paris Motor Show in September 2010 and continued to market B7 models globally outside North America.[2]
In Asia, the PQ46 Passat was released by FAW-VW as the Magotan, after Volkswagen's other joint venture Shanghai Volkswagen had decided to continue using the B5 platform for the Passat and the Passat Lingyu (long-wheelbase Passat).[3] Since August 2010, the wagon version of Passat B6 was available in Asia, which is a fully imported model. But this car is simply called Volkswagen Variant in China, in order not to refer the name "Passat" or "Magotan".
Notable variations included the Passat CC, a sedan variant with revised styling, along with the R36 variant, featuring the VR6 engine. The all-wheel drive version, marketed as 4Motion, uses a Haldex Traction multi-plate clutch. A B7 all wheel drive wagon was marketed as the Alltrack and sedan and wagons were also marketed in China.
A driverless version of the Passat Wagon finished second in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge.[4] In spring 2015, Swiss telecommunications company Swisscom tested the driverless Volkswagen Passat on the streets of Zürich.[5]
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Interior (pre-facelift)
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- ^ "Volkswagen To Unveil China Created CC". The Truth About Cars. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ^ Belfiore, Michael (4 November 2007). "Carnegie Takes First in DARPA's Urban Challenge". Wired.
- ^ "First driverless car from Swisscom hits Zurich roads". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.