Paul Barker (left) and his team at Auto Express have named an EV the best new car of 2025 - the fifth year running that a ...

Although popular abroad, the 305 failed to impress in Ford, Vauxhall and BL-dominated Britain. This top-specification GTX is ...

Volkswagen was riding a wave of new launches in the '70s, as the hallowed ‘People’s Car’ Beetle was due to be replaced: the Passat arrived in 1973, the Golf in ‘74 and the Polo in 1975.

His car is immaculate but otherwise unremarkable, a white 2010 Volkswagen Passat wagon that he bought used. He pauses at the entrance to fish out a crimson pass from his armrest compartment ...

During a week with the new Tourer I was questioned by a very enthusiastic Audi estate driver who came over to ask me what model my big Volkswagen GTX was. And big it is, at almost five metres ...

Estate of play Perhaps in a sign of the Passat’s waning favour at VW HQ in Wolfsburg, this latest version will be available only as an estate. The idea is that Passat saloon drivers, a large part of ...

Not so long ago, the writing seemed to be on the wall for the Volkswagen Passat. Buffeted first by the relentless rise of the hatchback, then knocked back again by the dominance of the SUV, it seemed ...

Only available as an estate car, the latest Passat continues a legacy which has seen it become one of Volkswagen’s most popular cars over its 50 years on sale.

When the 2022 Passat hit the market, only 2,408 Passat sedans were sold in total during the entire year. It's no surprise that Volkswagen announced the American Passat's phase-out the same year.

More than 40 years – that’s how long the Volkswagen Passat Estate has been serving up its defining virtues of space and practicality, to families all over the British Isles and beyond.