2012 Volkswagen Passat at Detroit 2011

2012 Volkswagen Passat, Designed in Germany and made in America, a Passat grown as a car not worth the reward and facilities which are ideal characteristics to be compared with the tastes and lifestyles of Americans. It will be built in Chattanooga, Tenn., during the latest crop of the world, many modern cars and the environment shall be public. The new Passat, the largest ever, is usually medium sedan that offers a higher German engineering for the price allowed. The Passat TDI - usually purify the diesel option in damaged a - approached to start talks 43 miles per gallon on the highway, with operating about 800 miles. The final price will be announced in the spring, although the Passat will start for about $ 20,000 when it arrives in showrooms play after this year. It will come with traditional gifts that embody facilities meridian voluntary control and Bluetooth connectivity. The new Passat offers the best legroom in its class, Volkswagen Care Free Maintenance module (3 years/36, 000 miles) and back-up Volkswagen's Intelligent Crash Response System.

Volkswagen has serious plans for its market share here in North America. The automaker hopes to sell 800,000 cars per year in the United States by the year 2018, and it's vehicles like the refreshed 2011 Jetta and this, the all-new 2012 Passat, that will be the bread-winners moving forward.

If your first thought about the Passat's design is "big Jetta," you aren't alone. The last-generation Passat wasn't exactly a looker, but at least it stood out within Volkswagen's lineup. The new Passat honestly and truly looks like a longer, wider, taller Jetta, and the nondescript design language makes it look extremely unforgettable. It isn't bad looking, but it doesn't spark any emotion within us.

Much like the Jetta, the Passat gets a much lower price point for the 2012 model year – base pricing is expected to start around $20,000 when the car goes on sale later this year, some $8,000 below the 2011 model it replaces. Both five- and six-cylinder gasoline engines will be available, as well as a 2.0-liter diesel inline-four (the same engine we enjoy in the Golf and Jetta currently). Interior quality is much better than the dumbed down cabin of the Jetta, though we'd still like slightly more refinement, especially considering how good the interiors of $20K competitors are these days.

We've just returned from checking out the 2012 Passat live at the Detroit Auto Show, so scroll through our high-res gallery of live shots below to see the new car for yourself.