Sporting a brand new look for 2019, the Volkswagen Passat has been on sale for 45 years, having originally been launched in 1973.

Now sold on every continent, Volkswagen has built more than 29 million Passat vehicles in eight generations so far.

2019 will see the start of a new evolutionary stage of the most successful mid-size car ever, as the Passat becomes the first in its segment to break through the barrier of 30 million units.

As an all-rounder tailored to the needs of families and business users, it has also become the most successful mid-size and company car in the world.

As it celebrates its 45th anniversary, the Passat is again offered as a saloon and other popular variants.

All body versions will not just be available with its carried over petrol driven engine, but also with plug-in hybrid drive345, which temporarily turns the Passat into an electrically powered zero-emissions vehicle for urban driving in particular.

For North America, this new Passat might have a new skin and interior, but underneath it’s structurally and mechanically the same as before, right down to the turbocharged 2.0-litre-combustion inline-4 engine introduced in 2018.

Its developing 174 bhp and torque has increased from 250 Newton-meters to 280 Nm courtesy of a new torque converter and improved software.

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