VW cross Passat variant from 2012

With the new cross Passat variant ties VW on an old tradition in A4 allroad offers an alternative to the Audi from 2012. Peugeot also exploits the 508 SW an offroad version. The luxury top model of the series is powered by the new diesel hybrid.
Real all-terrain vehicle can traverse while deserts, steppes and mountains, but are bulky, heavy and thirsty in the normal day-to-day operation. Therefore the trend is increasingly towards crossover models and all-wheel drive station wagons, as they have Audi, Subaru, and Volvo for over ten years in the program. Up to the first SUV thought at that time only as they form an integral part of long in many model palettes.
VW uses the cross versions of Polo, Touran, golf plus only on a rustic look, it offers but only as a front. While there was already a robust all-wheel drive station wagon in the 1980s with the Passat Syncro, and to this tradition the VW to build again Passat 2012 cross.

Basis for the VW cross Passat is the variant 4motion, who is fit by 20 mm more ground clearance, plastic skin, skid and bad path suspension for easy terrain. In addition an own, high-quality equipment line - with sports seats, 17-inch alloy wheels and fog headlights with cornering lights.
Under the sheet metal dress of VW-backed with various add-on components and wheel arch extensions cross Passat the well-known all-wheel drive 4motion with electronically controlled Haldex clutch is. Two engines are available to choose: in Europe is above all the two-liter turbo-diesel with 140 and 170 HP ordered be. There will be cross for the VW Passat but also the v6 gasoline engine with 300 HP. The supplement to the Passat variant 4motion is around 1,500 euros, respectively, an air suspension such as in the A6 allroad is not an issue.
Although there is also the Gulf with 4motion, an offshoot of the cross is not planned. Because other than when the trade winds, where just under five per cent of customers opt for all-wheel drive, there are Golf - without the sporting variant of R - only 1.3 percent. In addition, there is already the front wheel drive, but rarely purchased Golf plus cross.
During the VW cross Passat model range only complements, plays the Peugeot 508 SW Hybrid4 for the French a more important role: he is the new flagship of the Lion brand. Equipped with diesel hybrid engine, the combined with off-road look to attract customers of premium brands and Peugeot for the first time since the introduction of standard diesel particulate filter again give the image of an innovative automobile.
The heart of Peugeot 508 SW Hybrid4 is like in the crossover 3008 a combination of a 163 HP strong two-liter diesel engine with automatic transmission, driving the front axle, and a 27 kW strong electric motor, which acts on the rear axle. The nickel-metal hydride battery under the rear seat provides around four kilometers long purely electric driving (operated by means of the rear axle).
Otherwise, the Peugeot driving 508 SW Hybrid4 with front-wheel drive, changes according to your needs - such as overtaking or in curves - automatically in the all-wheel drive mode. In the standard cycle is the station wagon, with less than four L / 100 km do. If he plays in the second half of the year 2012 for dealers, the prices about 39,000 euros are expected to start.
Like the VW cross Passat has the Peugeot 508 SW Hybrid4 plastic cladding and rear underrun protection as standard a bad path suspension on board, possibly even an optional level adjustment. Finally there is a technique that is ideal for high load capacity and bad routes for the middle platform of the PSA group already: the hydropneumatic suspension of the sister brand of Citroen C5 and C6.
Whether with the Skoda Superb Combi Scout yet an another rival for the, VW Passat in series will go cross, rather than the technical possibilities and opportunities of the VW Group strategy depends. With all-wheel drive is already to have the large Czech station wagon, and the demand should also be no problem: even today about 15 percent of customers order their superb Combi 4 x 4 version.
The VW Passat Syncro was introduced in 1984, his all-wheel drive is based on the former Audi Quattro system. All four wheels were powered permanently front and rear with a power distribution of the 50 per cent. It was only in the body style variant the first Passat Syncro.
In addition to SUV, station wagon with all-wheel drive and more ground clearance when some manufacturers have their place in the lineup. In addition to the Swedish Saab and Volvo brands, the Volkswagen Audi group sets Skoda (some Scout models without),
(4WD) and seat (Altea Freetrack) on these versions.
The previous cross versions of VW also have an off-road look and are around 15 to 20 mm higher, however, they are available with all-wheel drive. At the Polo six per cent of customers opt for the cross version, in the Touran, there are five golf plus about two.