Photo: X-Tomi Design
Last week, Volkswagen officially unveiled the eight generation of the Passat family, representing a huge improvement in terms of technology and design compared to its predecessor. 4-door sedan and 5-door estate models will become available in most European countries by the end of the year. However, this is only the beginning of a new mid-size family of cars from the German automaker.
Based on the same underpinnings, VW should launch an Alltrack 4x4 softroader based on the Passat estate. A replacement for the CC is also in the pipeline. Like the current model, it will be a four-door coupe, although some reports suggest a 5-door liftback sedan like the Audi A7 and BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe.
But what if we allow ourselves to dream outside the sober German box at something a bit more stylings , a true Passat coupe with only too doors! What would that look like? This rendering by X-Tomi design should give you a rough idea. It's based on the sedan, but comes with a chopped roof and tweaks to the rear pillar. Other than that, it looks the same.
Volkswagen will most likely never build such a car. Chopping the doors off a famous car like the Passat is probably unacceptable in the eyes of company officials, even though in America, Honda has done the same to its Accord sedan for ages.
X-Tomi has also created what he calls a Passat Shooting Brake rendering. Like the classic Shooting Brakes, it's got only two side doors, which also makes it extremely unlikely to enter production. But it does raise a very interesting question: Given the success of the CLS Shooting Brake, shouldn't Volkswagen CC also adopt an estate-like body?
Most of the people who bought the current Passat CC when it was new probably have large families now and would appreciate a big boot. Mercedes is also going to introduce a cheaper Shooting Brake next year, a version of the CLA, and it would be quite interesting to witness the rivalry between the two.
But what if we allow ourselves to dream outside the sober German box at something a bit more stylings , a true Passat coupe with only too doors! What would that look like? This rendering by X-Tomi design should give you a rough idea. It's based on the sedan, but comes with a chopped roof and tweaks to the rear pillar. Other than that, it looks the same.
Volkswagen will most likely never build such a car. Chopping the doors off a famous car like the Passat is probably unacceptable in the eyes of company officials, even though in America, Honda has done the same to its Accord sedan for ages.
X-Tomi has also created what he calls a Passat Shooting Brake rendering. Like the classic Shooting Brakes, it's got only two side doors, which also makes it extremely unlikely to enter production. But it does raise a very interesting question: Given the success of the CLS Shooting Brake, shouldn't Volkswagen CC also adopt an estate-like body?
Most of the people who bought the current Passat CC when it was new probably have large families now and would appreciate a big boot. Mercedes is also going to introduce a cheaper Shooting Brake next year, a version of the CLA, and it would be quite interesting to witness the rivalry between the two.
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