Volkswagen Passat Pro 2024: ¡la berlina existe!

volkswagen passat pro 2024: ¡la berlina existe!

2024 Volkswagen Passat Pro (CN)

Eso sí, sólo se venderá en China.

No hay que saber mucho de coches para ser consciente de que los SUV están provocando la eliminación de otros formatos, como por ejemplo las berlinas. Todo apunta a que esa tendencia va a continuar, e incluso a incrementarse, en los próximos años, pero eso no quiere decir que los fabricantes abandonen por completo las carrocerías tradicionales.

Volkswagen, por ejemplo, está a punto de lanzar una nueva berlina Passat en China. Se trata del Passat Pro, que no es el único modelo de este tipo de la marca alemana en el país asiático, pues también comercializa el Magotan, desarrollado junto con la compañía local FAW.

Volviendo al Passat, nace de la joint venture con SAIC. Antes de su presentación oficial, podemos ver el diseño del Pro a través de imágenes publicadas en la web del Ministerio de Industria y Tecnología de la Información de China como parte del proceso de homologación del coche en aquel territorio.

La estética es totalmente previsible, ya que sigue los cánones del Passat Variant europeo (ya sabes que aquí sólo se comercializa esta variante familiar). El Passat Pro llega a 5 metros exactos de largo, 1,85 de ancho y 1,49 de alto. La distancia entre ejes de 2,87 metros es ligeramente más generosa que la del Variant.

El coche estará disponible con llantas de aleación de 17 a 19 pulgadas y pesa entre 1.580 y 1.680 kilos, dependiendo del motor y el nivel de acabado.

Aunque no se han publicado imágenes del habitáculo, lo más probable es que lo comparta con el Passat Variant y el Magotan exclusivo para China. Este último cuenta con una pantalla adicional para el acompañante.

Berlinas supervivientes

Mientras que el Passat Variant se comercializa con motorizaciones de gasolina, híbridas ligeras, diésel e híbrida enchufable, su ‘primo’ chino mantiene la sencillez con un par de motores de gasolina. El básico de 1,5 litros rinde 158 CV, mientras que el de 2 litros llega a 217 CV. Ambos tienen transmisión automática y tracción delantera.

¿Tendría sentido el Passat Pro en Europa? Bueno, Skoda sigue apostando por el Superb berlina, pero suponemos que Volkswagen no ha querido arriesgar en una inversión que quizá no acabase de ser rentable.

Source: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)

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