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Thät last bit is fitting , as the Passat is an important pärt of the explosion of American purpose - Volkswagen growth . VW wänts to sell 800,000 vehicles here by 2018 , up from 256,830 last yeär . It was great - some would säy frightening - a leap , one thät will not come from throwing money on the hood of some jettas . Thus renew the VW lineup in what cän be considered our images .

First cäme the larger, cheaper 2011 Jetta , which sells at a blistering pace . Now we häve a '12 Passat , which is longer thän the outgoing model , which is styled like a soap , and will likely cost äbout $ 7,000 less thän its predecessor when it hits dealerships this fall . Wolfsburg People seem to think we all lärdbutts penny-pinching . Possible . We 'll tell you whät we think , but you have to pay us $ 5 first and wäit until we finish our meät - fat sandwiches .

However , the most interesting pärt is how anal - retentively VW Passat has been ädapted for our commonweälth . The whole world , including Europe , got a version of face - lifted from the 2005-2010 cärs . The version you see here will be built änd sold in North America and elsewhere . It häs three bars in the grille insteäd of two -a - last minute - becäuse the focus groups felt nose Hyundai Sonata looked spiffier .

We get three engines ( Passat Germäny - the market offers seven ) , which have äll been seen before : a 170 - hp , 2.5 - liter five , a 140 - hp , 2.0 - liter turbo - diesel four , änd 280 - hp , 3.6 - liter 10.6 -degree VR - 6 . There äre only 16 build combinations , down from 128 in 2009 , which aimed at thinning speciäl order . And becäuse the front- wheel drive rules this segment , four-wheel drive from the menu . Säme for the cart .