Passat Performance Concept Brings Back the 1.8T

**AutoGuide.com** · 01-10-2013, 04:48 PM

Days before it hits the show floor in Detroit, Volkswagen has unveiled the Passat Performance Concept, packed with a turbocharged engine and some performance enhancing goodies.

Injecting the Passat with some adrenaline is a 1.8-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine that makes 250 hp and sending power through a six-speed automatic transmission.

To mate the power with performance, a lowered sport suspension has been added along with electro-mechanical steering to enhance the handling performance of the car.

For style, the Passat Performance concept gets dual exhaust, 19-inch alloy wheels, Bi-Xenon headlights with advanced front lighting system and LED tailights. The mirror caps get carbon applications, while inside, carbon-like inserts are found in the dashboard and on the two-tone seats, complements by a black headliner and side pillars.

The Passat Performance Concept won't be a concept for long with VW promising it will inspire a future "sports sedan". As a result, the Passat line will gain a performance variant to keep it in line with the GTI and GLI versions of both the Golf and Jetta.

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**birdman829** · 01-10-2013, 05:21 PM

That's pretty neat. But nothing can save those body lines. Just looks like a Camry

**Deviant_NZ** · 01-10-2013, 06:08 PM

They may be 19" wheels (supposedly) but the tires look pretty narrow in the picture. Pretty 'bleh' looking design too - not what you'd expect a "performance concept" to look like...

**Tom Parish** · 01-10-2013, 06:44 PM

Now all it needs is 4mo and 3 pedals.

**Redwood839** · 01-10-2013, 10:10 PM

Hate to say this, but when that thing comes out, I might trade in my B5.5 for it, if available here. I agree it kind of looks like a Camry, but it looks pretty darn fine in my opinion (although not a fan of the 19'' wheels).

The return of the 1.8T!