Rebel Editor August 28, 2023

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A leaked image has shown the next-generation Volkswagen Passat days ahead of its global unveiling, but don’t expect to see one in your local showroom.

Ben Zachariah
Here’s the new Volkswagen Passat we’re not getting

The 2024 Volkswagen Passat has purportedly leaked online ahead of its unveiling in the coming days.

The image – which appears to have been taken from the cover of an overseas magazine – shows the Passat adopting Volkswagen’s latest design language, and bringing it closer in appearance to the German car-maker’s ‘ID’ line of electric vehicles.

For overseas markets, the Passat will be only available as a wagon, due to sedan buyers reportedly only making up 20 per cent of sales.

While the Passat wagon was used by the likes of Victoria Police and the NSW Police Force, Volkswagen Australia says it is making way for more SUVs and battery-powered models in its showrooms.

Here’s the new Volkswagen Passat we’re not getting
Here’s the new Volkswagen Passat we’re not getting

“We’re recalibrating our portfolio to SUVs and electric vehicles [plus Golf and Polo hatchbacks], and that’s it. Sometimes hard decisions have to be made,” Volkswagen Australia director of passenger vehicles Michal Szeniecki told Drive in July 2023.

“We’re doing a bit of a clean-up before we enter our chapter of electric vehicles.”

Full details of the new model will be announced when the 2024 Volkswagen Passat is unveiled in the coming days.

Ben Zachariah

Ben Zachariah is an experienced writer and motoring journalist from Melbourne, having worked in the automotive industry for more than 15 years. Ben was previously an interstate truck driver and completed his MBA in Finance in early 2021. He is considered an expert in the area of classic car investment.

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