Sometimes you’ll find little gems on Instagram depending on what hashtag you look for. In this case, we found a photo that appears to be at DRB-HICOM’s Pekan plant where Volkswagens are locally assembled.
The B7 Passat is currently assembled there, so it won’t be unreasonable to expect Volkswagen Malaysia do the same with the new B8. However that doesn’t mean the B8 you’re looking at in this photo is locally assembled. It could be a CBU car brought in for training purposes. It looks like it could be the same car seen by Daniel Liang sometime last month around Kerteh wearing Pahang trade plates.
In an interview with BFM 89.9, Volkswagen Malaysia managing director Armin Keller revealed that the B8-generation Passat will be launched in the first quarter of 2016. Unfortunately, additional details surrounding the car in terms of its specifications and whatnot remain unknown – for now.
The new Passat B8 sits on the new MQB platform. Wheelbase has been stretched to 2,791 mm. Occupants get to enjoy more leg- and headroom. Boot space is up as well to 586 litres, a 21 litre increment. Overall, the car is 2 mm shorter in terms of length, but 12 mm wider and sits 14 mm lower.
Five TSI petrol engines feature outputs ranging from 132 PS all the way up to 280 PS, while three TDI diesel engines produce between 150 PS and 240 PS.
A plug-in hybrid variant will also be on offer, combining a 156 PS 1.4 TSI engine and a 109 PS electric motor to produce 211 PS, a 0-100 km/h time of under eight seconds, a 210 km/h top speed, a 50 km all-electric range and a total range of over 1,000 km.
The new Passat can be specced pretty high, but a lot of the new equipment available is optional so it depends on Volkswagen Malaysia’s product and price positioning. It even has the option for a fully digital display that can show info like navigation maps just like the new Audi TT.
GALLERY: Volkswagen Passat B8 in Malaysia
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Nice! Time to consider replacement for me.
Getting a VW? Good luck!!!!!
My house got 2 VW. So u gotta wish me twice issit? lolx…
VW = Very Worrying
I’d expect VW may bring in the 2.0 TSI instead of the 1.8TSI this time, mainly cause the Mondeo is very appealing now, and is definitely also more powerful. In fact, if I am not mistaken, the 1.8TSI makes this the only flagship D segment sedan by a non luxury manufacturer in Malaysia to have the lowest amount of power and torque. Peugeot’s flagship is the 508 GT diesel, all 3 Japs have more power in their flagship models over the Passat too, and the Mondeo is the most powerful of them all at 240PS/350Nm.
Also, no dry clutch.
smaller engine, cheaper, more potential buyer, nonetheless, great design and marvelous engineering …. VW will be back on track. Rather this than E-Class or 5-Series for myself. (of course affordability factored-in as well)
I have to admit that Vw engine is no doubt powerful with fuel economy.
If this is indeed the same car seen by Daniel Liang sometime last month around Kerteh wearing Pahang trade plates, it will be fairly accurate to assume that VW Malaysia will be bringing in the 1.8TSI model as the car clearly had the TSI badge in red coloured font for all letters and all 2.0TSI model will have 2.0TSI badge.
Assuming we are receiving the same state of tune as Germany, the 1.8TSI model will have an output of 180PS(132kW,177HP)/5,100-6,200rpm and 250Nm/1,250-5,000rpm. Quoted top speed for the 7 speed DSG will be 232km/h with a 0-100km/h time of 7.9 seconds. Fuel consumption will be 5.7-5.8l/100km (combined figure).
VW typically have the following badging convention for different engines (for Passat B8 Sedan European models):
1.4 TSI with 125 PS = TSI badge with T and S in chrome, I in red.
1.4 TSI with 150 PS = TSI badge with T in chrome, S and I in red.
1.8 TSI with 180 PS = TSI badge with T,S and I in red.
2.0 TSI with 280 PS = 2.0TSI and 4MOTION badge (there is only a 2.0TSI with 280 PS and 4MOTION for sedan based on the official VW Germany brochure. A detuned version of the 2.0TSI with 220PS is available for the Variant version).
2.0 TDI with 240 PS = 2.0TDI and 4MOTION badge with T, D and I in red indicating a 2.0TDI in its highest tune (as seen on the previous left hand drive car displayed by VW).
The naming convention is very subtle in a typical VW fashion ;)
wow you sure know your VW stuff, may i know how much have you spent on your DSG repair?
The answer is 0 if you are interested to know, you’re just assuming I own a VW, which may or may not be true.
Nothing mentioned on the Transmission of this new model? Have they sorted out the issues ?
Worth to be bought with cash, rosak can buy another car with cash.
not worth for buying with loan, rosak still have to pay loan.
Peugeot 508 is way better in looks and performance
Since it was that good than why the sales volume are not even half of vw ?
Where’s the virtual cockpit? Again they try to rip you lot off again.
Go to Daytona arcade game machine, you got big screen, steering and all those coloured buttons as well
Nice!
Please price it below RM150K and you got a buyer waiting.
and yeah no DSG please.
Teana la bos. Murah lagi best. Meet ur bujet. Cariku kat opis Puchong.
I will look fotr same lorrrr instead because I love sampan handling camry. Less safety is ok for me because the car only can travel at 120km/h
DSG no more issue dy what..
Made by Volkswagen,designed by Audi..
No wonder ugly as hell
I don’t think so, I find that the design is just nice and spotty looks. Just love it much.
Would definitely consider one. Been driving my 12 year old Passat B5 ever since. Time for an upgrade! :)
You mean a kancil right?
It’s gonna take VGM almost 2 years to intro the B8 here…by the time we get to buy this, Europe would have launched the FL version!
Volswagen Das Time Bomb.