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Engines and transmissions

• Passat CC consumes just 5.8 liters diesel as TDI
• Launch phase with one turbo-diesel and two gasoline engines; power range from 140 PS to 300 PS
• Common-rail turbo-diesel already satisfies future Euro-5 emissions standard for the year 2009

Volkswagen will offer the Passat CC exclusively with highly advanced direct-injection engines worldwide. The gasoline engines (TSI and V6) satisfy the Euro-4 emissions standard. The turbo-diesels (TDI) offered in Europe fulfill the Euro-5 standard that goes into effect in 2009. At the time of its European market introduction, two gasoline engines (160 PS and 300 PS) and a TDI (140 PS) will be available. A TSI with 200 PS and a powerful 170 PS TDI will follow.

TSI with 160 PS

In Europe, a TSI engine with power output of 118 kW / 160 PS (at 5,000 rpm) offers entry into the world of the Passat CC. The turbocharged four-cylinder is exceptionally fuel efficient (average fuel consumption: 7.6 liters/100 km) and torque-strong (maxi­mum of 250 Newton-meter at a low 1,500 rpm). With this new engine, the Passat CC reaches a speed of 100 km/h in 8.6 seconds; its top speed is 222 km/h. This TSI is shifted via a manual six-speed gearbox as standard equipment; as an option it can be paired with a 7-speed dual clutch transmission (DSG) that is an entirely new development.

TSI with 200 PS

At the next power level the Passat CC is powered by a strong 147 kW / 200 PS (at 5,100 rpm) TSI. It too has a turbocharger, and it too shines with very good torque and fuel economy values. Over 100 kilometers this 280 Newton-meter (starting at 1,700 rpm) torque-strong four-cylinder consumes just 7.9 liters of fuel. Despite this, it serves up a top speed of 237 km/h. The Passat CC with this engine handles the sprint to 100 km/h in 7.6 seconds. As an alternative to the standard manual six-speed gearbox, a six-speed automatic is available here.

V6 with 300 PS

The strongest gasoline engine in the Passat CC is a 3.6 liter displacement six cylinder delivering 220 kW / 300 PS (at 6,600 rpm). It develops a maximum torque of 350 Newton-meter (from 2,400 rpm) and accelerates the four-door coupé to 100 km/h in 5.6 seconds. Its average fuel consumption is 10.1 liters. The car’s top speed is electronically limited to 250 km/h. The Passat CC V6 is offered with the latest generation of 4MOTION full-time all-wheel drive as standard equipment. The top model is shifted via the automated DSG dual clutch transmission.

2.0 TDI with 140 PS and 170 PS

In the European market, the Passat CC is also being launched with a TDI engine that is as economical as it is clean and torque-strong. This new common rail diesel outputs 103 kW / 140 PS. There will also be a common rail TDI with 125 kW / 170 PS. While the “small” TDI develops a maximum torque of 320 Newton-meter starting at a low 1,750 rpm, maximum torque on the “large” TDI is already 350 Newton-meter (from 1,750 rpm). In the 140 PS version, the Passat CC accelerates to 100 km/h in 9.8 seconds and reaches a top speed of 213 km/h. This contrasts with average fuel consumption of just 5.8 liters diesel per 100 kilometers. With 170 PS the Passat CC TDI is 227 km/h fast. The Volkswagen puts the classic sprint to 100 km/h behind it in 8.6 seconds. Also excellent is its low fuel consumption of 5.8 liters per 100 kilometers. Either of the TDIs may be ordered with the innovative DSG dual clutch transmission as an option.

6-speed and 7-speed DSG

Five years ago, Volkswagen introduced the first production dual-clutch transmission in the world: the 6-speed DSG. That marked the beginning of the Volkswagen dual-clutch transmission’s winning ways. Since then more than a million 6-speed DSGs have been sold. Just in the past year volume was about 400,000. On the Passat CC, besides the 6-speed DSG, the new 7-speed DSG is also used for engines outputting greater than 250 Newton-meter torque. It was developed for high-volume engines with up to 250 Newton-meter torque and therefore also for the new 160-PS TSI of the Passat CC.

The new 7-speed DSG, like its counterpart with its six forward gears, is a pure Volkswagen development. In designing this intelligent automatic transmission, the focus was on combining the comfort of a conventional automatic with the economy and dynamics of a manual transmission. The overall potential of the dual-clutch transmission for reducing fuel consumption is enormous, regardless of the Volkswagen in which it is operating: compared to a manual transmission savings amount to up to twelve percent, depending on the engine; compared to an automatic with lock-up torque converter it is as much as 20 percent.

Production

• New Passat CC produced at Volkswagen plant in Emden
• Bestseller plant: German Emden plant produces the Passat exclusively
• Showcase plant: € 372 million currently being invested at Emden site

The Volkswagen plant in the Northern German city of Emden is producing all Passat versions and therefore the new Passat CC as well. The bestselling car series is manufactured at a production site measuring a total of 4.1 million square meters; 1.6 million square meters of this is building space. The plant location is ideal, since it is in the immediate vicinity of the international shipping port of Emden, from which the Passat CC can be delivered to all continents. The plant itself is among the most advanced and sustainable plants in the world. For example, there is a network of wind generators on the site, which together generate 4.5 megawatts of electrical power. Moreover, the plant has its own test track.

Production

2005 was the start-up year for the 6th generation of Passats. Since 2001, the most advanced stamping plant in Europe has been operating in Emden. In the recently built halls of the stamping plant with total space of 28,000 square meters, there are two large-scale vacuum transfer presses, each of which has a gross stamping force of 73,000 kilonewtons. They are capable of producing about 20,000 stamped parts per day.

The Volkswagen plant is the largest industrial employer in the region. About 7,900 men and women are currently employed at the Emden site.

Shipping port

A special aspect of the Emden site, as mentioned, is its immediate vicinity to the Emden harbor, a key transfer point for vehicle loading. About a million new vehicles are imported and exported annually here. Several times a week ships depart from the port, e.g. in the direction of North America and Japan. Vehicles are transported to Great Britain almost daily. Most export vehicles are brought to the port by railway. Up to 200 railroad cars arrive in Emden with vehicles daily. At a so-called transfer platform the cars are unloaded and then driven onto the ships at the port.

History

In its early years, after the plant was founded in the year 1964, it specialized in production of the Beetle, primarily for the North American market. A total of 2,360,591 cars were produced here until the model was discontinued in 1978. In the reception hall of the plant, visitors are greeted by the last Beetle from Germany. The Passat has been built in Emden since 1977. In November 2007, the 15 millionth Passat left the assembly line in Emden. About six million units of this bestseller were built at Emden alone. With the launch of the new Passat CC, the waits between production celebrations promise to become even shorter.

Source: Volkswagen


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