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Volkswagen has officially unveiled the 2012 Passat Alltrack at the Tokyo Motor Show.

The car is based on the European version of the Passat, it’s named Alltrack and features increased ground clearance and a number of elements that suggest an increased off-road capability.

VW Passat Alltrack will offer a choice of four engines – two petrol and two diesel. Gasoline will be 1.8 TSI with 160 hp and the 2.0 TSI with 210 hp. Diesel versions will rely on engine 2.0 TDI, which will offer two switch-varieties – 140 and 170 hp

More powerful versions (2.0 TSI and 2.0 TDI – 170 hp) will be equipped with a standard system for the four-wheel drive and 4Motion dual-clutch transmission DSG. For the other two versions, the systems will be an option.

Germans reported only average fuel consumption of diesel versions with 4Motion. Weaker diesel will require an average of 5.7 l./100 km and stronger – 5.8 l./100 km.

VW showed a facelift version of the car before it is formally introduced in Los Angeles.

After earlier in the year Volkswagen presenting the new generation Passat, came the version of the four-door coupe. The first pictures of modernized model appeared on the Internet, the premiere itself will take place at the auto show in Los Angeles this month.

The car features an updated front and rear, inspired by the design of the new Passat sedan. Tail lights are new as well as front bi-xenon headlights with LED technology, already available as standard equipment. It includes new exhaust system with two tailpipes, 17-inch wheels, a system for cleaning headlights and more.

In the present equipment of the car are also tracking system for driver fatigue, starting assistant, limited slip differential, automatic lights, parking assistant system for dynamic chassis control and others.

There is still no official information about powertrain of the car but we expect in the Passat CC 2012 can be put petrol engines with direct fuel injection 2.0 TSI and 3.6 FSI while diesel engines probably won’t change as the economy will be 2.0-liter TDI with 140 hp, which average fuel consumption will be within 4.7 l/100km.

Sales of the Passat CC 2012 will launch first in Germany where the car will be available from February 2012. Several months later the car will enter the markets in other European countries, America, Russia and China.

Scheduled to debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, the model will vary in additional plastic protectors on the body, greater ground clearance and standard system for AWD.

Engine options will likely be copied from the standard model, so expect a 2-liter TDI with an output of 167 hp and 2-liter TFSI with 207 hp.

Volkswagen plans to show a modernized Passat CC at the Frankfurt Motor Show this fall.

2012 VW Passat CC facelift spied by Worldcarfans.com

The tuner doesn’t specify which engine they’re talking about but promises there will be 260 PS (191 kW / 256 bhp) available once they’re done, with output also boosted some by the in-house stainless-steel exhaust system. Very likely, it’s the 2.0 liter TFSI with a standard specs of 211 PS (155 kW / 208 bhp).

Wheels are the 20-inch R12 Nero rims with 225/30ZR20 tires while the suspension gets a modified KW Variant 3 coilover kit.

The total package will cost you €11,000.

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A father foils his 17-year-old son’s plans of sneaking out for a ride in the family’s Volkswagen CC thanks to a clever use of the car’s intelligently designed backup camera.

Saturday Night Live comedian Bill Hader and Volkswagen Product Specialist Danielle Gumro discuss the 2012 Volkswagen CC in our hilarious new educational series, “Inside the VW Academy.” For more information about the 2012 CC, check out http://www.vw.com/en/models/cc.html