The Volkswagen Passat in sedan form is no longer available in both Europe and the United States. And while in America the Passat nameplate is gone for good, on the Old continent you can still buy the eighth-generation model as a wagon. Actually, Volkswagen has no plans to retire the Passat in Europe and we have the first spy photos depicting an early mule for the successor of the outgoing generation.
If the car from the attached gallery below looks familiar to you, that’s because this is a prototype using the body of the Passat that’s still available at VW’s European showrooms. There’s no need for camouflage as this design doesn’t actually correspond with the way the new Passat will look like. It may look boring and pointless to talk about, though there are interesting things worth pointing out.
