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World premiere of the Passat BlueMotion in Geneva

Low fuel consumption: Passat BlueMotion consumes just 5.1 litres of diesel over 100 km

It just keeps running: Passat BlueMotion with 1,350 km range


Wolfsburg, 12 February 2007 - The new Passat BlueMotion – no other vehicle of its size consumes less fuel. The saloon needs exactly 5.1 litres of diesel for 100 km. And just as convincing: a CO2 emission level of just 136 g/km. The world premiere of the Passat BlueMotion is 6th March at the Geneva Motor Show.


With the new Passat BlueMotion, Volkswagen is forcing ahead with the launch of vehicles that are particularly efficient and environmentally friendly. The first BlueMotion model was the Polo in the summer of 2006– an immediate success and its production figures have already been increased threefold due to the high demand throughout Europe. "BlueMotion" is now the seal of quality for a model version with the lowest rate of fuel consumption.

With reference to the new Passat BlueMotion this means: an average of 5.1 litres of diesel over 100 kilometres. The Passat Estate BlueMotion needs 5.2 litres (137 g/km) – also a top value, even in comparison to vehicles worldwide. Both body versions have a driving range of up to 1,350 kilometres with a full tank! With an average annual distance driven of 15,000 kilometres, this means that the driver only needs to refuel eleven times a year with an average of 68 Euro* in fuel costs per month.

Volkswagen can achieve such low consumption figures through the fine tuning of the engine, which was already extremely efficient. In this case a 77 kW / 105 bhp TDI engine with a diesel particulate filter fitted as standard. This fuel efficiency does not, however, reduce levels of agility. The Passat BlueMotion can accelerate up to 193 km/h (Estate: 190 km/h) if required. That is an element of the BlueMotion philosophy: fuel efficiency and agility in a combination that still makes driving fun.

* = Basis: 3rd week of 2007, price in Germany, details from the Association of the German Petroleum Industry

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YoUhimhER

for those of us living in the us, that's about 46.15 mpg. and with full tank it can run 838.87 miles. i think it's rather impressive.

rev

I didn't know that VW would present a bigger BlueMotion model. I must say, the fuel economy of this car is really impressive Maybe later, they are going to present a BlueMotion version of the Touareg or the Phaeton too.

Mirage77

This Bluemotion thing is so good they should make it standard on all of their diesel models.

phaeton

Just heads up that this has nothing to do with BlueTec (Clean TDI)

I've read Touran is next to get BlueMotioned

Imhotep Evil

The solution is called AdBlue actually.

ree

This makes the Passat also interesting for companies and their fleet of cars...

...we need more vehicle manufacturer, which will go this way of new technology (not even Mercedes and Volkswagen)!!

siko

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Mikael

Sounds like you should stay on the right side ("truck side") of the Autobahn with this car.

ree

Here in germany, you really have to...but on longer distances, the Passat could be faster, because of his range...

...but also our E-Class has a maximum range of more then 1000 km, when you will driving it with around 120 km/h on the autobahn...!!

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