2008 Passat BlueMotion to debut at the Geneva Auto Show

Last Summer Volkswagen unveiled its BlueMotionVolkswagen's long tradition for quality vehicles will
diesel technology in Europe and in conjunction withbe equipped with only the best auto parts and
the debut, VW has also announced that they willaccessories that the automaker can give like for
be presenting the same line for the Geneva Autoinstance its Volkswagen vent visor.
Show but with the addition of the PassatThe BlueMotion name according to VW comes
BlueMotion.from the carmaker's corporate color blue, the
The first ever presented BlueMotion model wasword Motion is added to mean mobility. It can be
the little Polo which is powered by a 79 hp, 1.4literremembered that late last year VW and
three cylinder turbocharged diesel with fuelMercedes-Benz have announced a BlueTec
economy record of 60mpg. It's no wonder that itpartnership which was employed on VW's
has become a hit overseas. The increasingAudi-branded Q7 3.0 diesel presented at the
demand for the Polo has prompted the tripling ofDetroit auto show last January. The creation of
its production plus Volkswagen has been floodedthe BlueMotion marks a separation from the
with suggestions asking for the importation of itsBlueTec project.
Polo BlueMotion to the US. But that's anotherThere are also various suspicions coming out
story for another time.alleging that the Passat BlueMotion will use a
The Passat BlueMotion which will be presented at103-hp version of the 2.0 liter diesel engine with
the Geneva Auto show will be available in sedansome adjustment which was earlier planned for
and wagon variant and said to consume more fuelthe 2008 Jetta. Volkswagen has not released any
than the Polo. But according to Volkswagen thestatement regarding the matter but stated that it
Passat sedan consumes only 5.1 liter of diesel inwould be better to wait for the Geneva Auto
100km which works out to 46 mpg. To furtherwherein Passat Blue Motion will make its debut.
illustrate the fuel-saving capacity of the Passat,Volkswagen also said that while Mercedes'
Volkswagen said that a driver a travels 15,000kmBlueTec diesels possessed significant updates in
a year or equivalent to 9,320 miles would onlyengine software and hardware, BlueMotion' s
have to visit the filling station for eleven timesremarkable achievements are brought about
only. "No other vehicle this size consumes less"through fine tuning of the engine which was
fuel."already extremely efficient".
The wagon or Estate will run 45 miles per gallonVolkswagen also added that efficiency doesn't
of diesel and Volkswagen has also assured that itshave to be boring, "that is an element of the
CO2 emission is also within the acceptable limit.BlueMotion philosophy: fuel efficiency and agility in
The Passat BlueMotion in keeping witha combination that still makes driving fun".