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The multifunction display, a compact information unit, is positioned directly in front of you on the dashboard for your convenience and safety. It lets you see important information at a glance, without taking your attention from the road.

Thanks to Active Info Display, you can enjoy the advantages of an instrument cluster with a high resolution colour display. With various information profiles, you can decide which specific data are displayed in the instrument cluster in addition to the usual gauges such as the rev counter, speedometer and odometer.

You can select this information profile quickly and easily using the optional multifunctional steering wheel: depending on your precise needs, you can access detailed Driving Data, for example, or show a visual display of your driver assistance systems. This means the display area can be even better used, because you can also show additional data within the dials.

In the Discover Navigation Infotainment system, you can decide whether you would like to see the navigation map in the Active Info Display, or have the classic view on the system display. With Discover Navigation Pro, both display options are available simultaneously.

With various information profiles, you can decide which data is displayed in the instrument cluster in addition to the usual gauges, which include the revolution counter, speedometer and odometer.

An upgrade of the Active Info Display V1 (above), you’ll have more options which can be altered through the infotainment system. For example, the entire infotainment screen can be used to display audio, telephone or navigation.

The virtual cockpit can be tailored to each individual driver who uses the vehicle, and can be adjusted by using buttons on the multifunction steering wheel. The system can be used to display a large map, and the zoom function can be enable without having to use Discover Navigation Premium.The cockpit has 16 different settings to choose from, but it can also be run in Auto mode, which shows the relevant driving information depending on the person driving.

The Volkswagen Passat exemplifies a level-headed, desirable and understated choice in among a huge number of rivals from both premium and mainstream rivals, and the Passat GTE heads the line-up. It’s Volkswagen’s plug-in hybrid model of the Passat, giving customers more choice than the usual petrol and diesel Volkswagen Passat and Passat Estate. Like them, it is offered in saloon and estate bodystyles, with the estate being the bigger selling of the pair.

Originally introduced in 2015 along with the rest of the Passat range, it too was face-lifted in 2019, with the battery pack increasing in capacity to allow 34 miles of EV only driving in the post-2019 Passat GTE. Obviously that maximum battery only range depends on how you drive it, with ambient temperature and your use of things like the climate control impacting negatively on that potential, but even then it should be enough electric-only range for the needs of typical daily driving.

That gives the Passat real duality of purpose, allowing drivers the possibility of doing shorter daily drives on battery power alone, while retaining the long-legged potential, and ease, of a conventional petrol engine for longer trips.

That hybrid system is plug in, which means you can charge the Passat GTE at home via a conventional wall socket or charging box, or when out and about using the public charging network. Doing so will take anywhere from around two to four hours depending on what you’ve plugged it in to, the benefits of the plug-in hybrid system meaning you can make substantial savings on running costs, not just fuel, either, but BIK tax if you’re running it as a company car.

That plug-in technology doesn’t come cheap, which sees the GTE sit at the costlier end of the conventionally powered Passat range. Its standard equipment list does reflect its high price point, with the GTE sitting above the SEL trim and adding GTE signature styling and equipment, and the GTE Advance model gaining all that and more, to include Volkswagen’s most advanced infotainment system which includes its Active Info Display – a configurable digital screen that replaces the conventional instrumentation.

Arguably the most competent model of an already accomplished, desirable all-rounder, the plug-in hybrid Passat GTE doesn’t add any real compromises into the mix, instead only adding to its conventionally powered relation’s breadth of ability. One of the top hybrid cars out there right now.

SINGAPORE — First revealed in July last year at a design facility in Potsdam, Germany, the new Volkswagen Passat is now available for sale in Singapore starting at $152,800 with COE.

Potential buyers have a choice of two direct-injection turbocharged petrol engines, a 1.8-litre with 180hp and a 2.0-litre with 220hp. The new Passat is based on the MQB platform (as seen in the Golf) and is claimed to be much stiffer and stronger than before, while also being up to 85kg lighter. The weight reduction should make it more agile and fuel-efficient.

The latter has an eight-inch touch-screen and also comes with MirrorLink smartphone connectivity, so you can control certain apps and functions through the infotainment system itself. We tested a similar system on the new VW Touran, read about it and other smartphone connection systems here. The Comfortline model receives a less feature-rich 6.5-inch infotainment system.

“The Passat is really the car of the year for us (in terms of sales),” says Steffen Schwarz, Volkswagen Singapore’s managing director. “And earlier this year it was voted as such, too.”

The Passat recently beat six other cars including the Mercedes-Benz C-Class and BMW 2-Series Active Tourer to win European Car of the Year at the Geneva motor Show held in March earlier this year.

One of the key features of the new Passat is the active driver’s display which uses a 12.3-inch TFT screen to replace conventional instruments. Although it hasn’t been approved for Singapore yet, it’s expected to be available on future models.

Whether a plug-in hybrid Passat makes it here, Volkswagen already has its hands full with the Golf Sportsvan; the MPV version of its popular Golf is already in town and undergoing homologation, ahead of a local launch soon.

Indeed, the Passat arrives in the middle of what is turning out to be a busy 2015 for Volkswagen here. This year alone has seen the launch of the mid-life Scirocco at the Singapore Motor Show held early January, followed by the new Jetta in March and the facelifted Touareg in April.

Volkswagen has sold more than 23 million Passats since it was introduced 42 years ago, but the model’s popularity has accelerated sharply. The company now sells 1.1 million of them every year.

Some months ago  during 2014 Geneva Motor Show VW group in its Audi flavour announced a 12.3 inch screen with TFT display with the capability to display three-dimensional, full-screen maps adding a plus respect to what we can see in the very high level Mercedes-Benz S-Class. Today during Volkswagen Passat 2015 premiere such cockpit display has been presented for the German Maker class D Passat B8 version.

This is in my opinion a great step in infotainment and graphical interface in Car world because not related to a top class car but to a middle-high car meaning that soon we’ll could see such approach also in the middle C-class cars as VW Golf.

If the apporac used in Audi TT 12.3 inch dashboard has not been changed, the TFT is powered by two Nvidia Tegra K1 mobile processors based on the same graphics architecture as that used in the world’s extreme gaming PCs and the fastest supercomputer. The “virtual cockpit” in Audi TT and I expect also in VW Passat sports High-res LCD panels with 1,440 by 550 pixel, the mentioned Nvidia twin quad-core CPUs, 4G data, natural language voice recognition, computer controlled four wheel drive, very high level navigation experience and more.

The "Golf Mk4 was first introduced in August 1997, followed by a notchback version (VW Bora or, in North America, again VW Jetta) in August 1998 and a new Golf Variant (estate) in March 1999. There was no Mk4-derived Cabriolet, although the Mk3 Cabriolet received a facelift in late 1999 that consisted of bumpers, grills, and headlights similar to those of the Mark IV models.

Since 2008, certain variants of the Golf/Bora Mk4 (nicknamed the Mk4.5) were still in production in Brazil, China, and Mexico. Revised versions of the Mk4.5 were sold in Canada and marketed as the City Golf and Jetta City from 2007 to 2010. The two models were VW Canada"s entry-level offerings. They received a significant refresh for the 2008 model year, including revised headlamps, taillamps, front and rear fascias, sound systems, and wheels. Both models were offered only with the 2.0-litre, 8-valve single overhead cam (SOHC) four-cylinder gasoline engine, rated at 86 kW (115 hp; 117 PS). They were the only entry-level offerings with an optional six-speed automatic transmission. Production of the European variant of the Golf Mk4 ceased at the end of the 2006 model year. Production of the U.S. version ended in 2006.

In terms of interior technology, the Golf featured a 12.3" TFT display as an option similar to Audi models and known as "Virtual Cockpit", full LED lights, animated tail indicators as an option (also used in Audi models), etc.

Volkswagen produced a "Rabbit Edition" GTI for the 2019 model year. Only 3,000 were produced for the US market: 1000 in Cornflower Blue, 1000 in Urano Gray, 500 in Black, and 500 in White, all split evenly between DSG automatic and 6-speed manual transmissions. The Rabbit Edition featured a LED lighting package, a "Vmax" spoiler, 18-inch "Pretoria" alloy wheels painted in gloss black, no sunroof, and Clark plaid seats with red tags embroidered with the VW Rabbit logo.

It rides on an updated version of the MQB platform, with engine options consisting of compact petrol, diesel, and hybrid powertrains. At launch, the five-door hatchback was the only model available, with the three-door hatchback having been discontinued due to poor sales. The Golf VIII"s interior receives a major overhaul with an entirely digital driver"s display and digital control panel. All Mk8s have advanced safety features available such as travel assist, Car2X, and an oncoming vehicle while braking function, the latter two of which are the first to be used on a production Volkswagen model.

The VW Golf has had several generations made into electric CityStromer models. The first of these was in the 1970s when VW took a standard Golf Mk1 and converted it to electric power. By the time the Golf Mk2 came into production a limited number of electric Golfs were made, using lead–acid battery packs and a custom-made motor and controller.Siemens-based AC drive system, and lead–acid battery packs. They had a maximum speed of 97 km/h (60 mph) and a range of approximately 80 km (50 mi).

As part of the "Fleet study in electric mobility" project that began in 2008, VW developed 20 Golf Variant twinDRIVE plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. These research vehicles have an all-electric range of 57 km (35 mi) and the internal combustion engine provides for a total range of 900 km (559 mi). The plug-in hybrid drive of the Golf Variant twinDRIVE is equipped with either an 11.2 kWh or a 13.2 kWh lithium-ion battery pack, as Volkswagen is testing packs from two vendors. Ten vehicles are equipped with batteries from the American-German manufacturer GAIA with cathode type nickel cobalt aluminium dioxide (NCA). The other ten is powered by lithium-ion batteries with nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) cathodes from the Korean-German joint venture SB LiMotive (Samsung and Bosch). These 10 vehicles have been in use since early 2011. Both battery systems offer high power and energy density. They each weigh about 150  kg. The gasoline engine is used to support the electric heating system when outdoor temperatures are low.

Using guidelines for determining the fuel consumption of plug-in hybrids, VW estimates a fuel consumption of 2.1 L/100 km (112 mpg US), which is equivalent to 49 g/km CO2. When the battery is fully charged, the Golf Variant twinDRIVE is designed to maximize the share of pure electrical energy used for driving, and only when longer distances are driven does the share of supplemental gasoline fuel increase. Top speed of the car is 170 km/h (106 mph) and it accelerates to 100 km/h (62 mph) in under 12 seconds. When operated in pure electric mode, the Golf Variant twinDRIVE can reach a top speed of 120 km/h (75 mph).

The Golf GTE is a plug-in hybrid version of the Golf hatchback unveiled at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. The Golf GTE shares the basic powertrain hardware with the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron but the software controls are different.Volkswagen Passat GTE, but the Passat has a larger 9.9 kWh Li-ion battery pack.

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Imagine being told that Sprite, the colourless, essentially flavourless fizzy drink, was Coca Cola"s biggest-selling product. You wouldn"t buy it for one sugary second, but here"s an equally shocking sales story that"s actually true; the biggest-selling Volkswagen in the world is the Passat, the slightly bland but wildly popular mid-sizer that goes gangbusters in countries like Turkey,  China, the UK and Germany.

So much so, in fact, that a Passat is bought somewhere in the world every 29 seconds, which adds up to more than 3000 a day, and that was before the launch of the all-new and vastly improved eighth generation of this incredibly popular vehicle.

In Australia, of course, the Passat is well and truly outsold by the car we most associate with VW, the Golf, and the Polo as well, but the new one is less bland looking, inside and out, and so much better - and more Golf-like - to drive that it might, finally, make some sales impact locally.

Volkswagen never make bold leaps with exterior design - the Golf is a great example of evolution rather than revolution - so the slightly sharper but still familiar look of the Passat is no surprise. The slightly edgier front end is a nice touch, and they have done what they can to fix what was, by their own marketing manager"s admission "not a particularly emotional car".

The interior is a bigger step ahead, however, with the highlight being the Active Info Display, a 12.3-inch TFT screen of superb quality and clarity that sits right in front of the driver"s eyes and - just like the Audi TT"s much lauded Virtual Cockpit - allows you to personalise the size and position of your dials, the satnav screen and so on.

In Europe, where billions of Passats will be sold, you can have a choice of what seems like 500 or so engines, and an excellent six-speed manual gearbox is also available. We"re unlikely to get the tech-tastic new GTE, a plug-in hybrid that combines its two power sources for 160kW and uses just 1.7L/100km.

On top of its eight airbags, the new Passat gets City Emergency Braking with Pedestrian Detection (brakes the car for you at city speeds if you don"t, saves pedestrians lives), Rear Traffic Alert (to stop you reversing out into an oncoming vehicle) and Traffic Jam Assist, which saves you from fatigue by stopping, starting and even steering the car at speeds of up to 60km/h.

The funny thing about driving Passats of old was that once you"d done it, you struggled to remember a thing about it - much like watching an Adam Sandler movie.

This new version, however, the first since 2005, is far more memorable, and even enjoyable. That"s because they seem to have taken everything they know about making a Golf fun to drive and put it in the Passat.

There are some really exciting engines in the range, including a startling 2.0-litre TSI that arrives next year, making 206kW, but VW"s ability to get high-revving, highly impressive performance out of small power plants is already well known and even the tiddling 1.8-litre unit provides decent pace. As is often the case, though, the 2.0-litre turbo diesel"s extra torque shove makes it the one to go for.