Volkswagen Passat, Jetta petrol to debut in March and April 2012

Volkswagen seems to be making an effort to fill in for lack of petrol variants for its premium car line-up fraught will diesel powered cars. It’s high time that Volkswagen brings the VW Passat petrol and the Volkswagen Jetta petrol variants to India in March and April respectively to compete with the luxurious Honda Accord and the Toyota Camry sedans in their respective berths, both of which are already offered in the petrol trims.

 

Volkswagen is betting high on the  1.8 L petrol engine churning out the 160 Bhp and 250 Nm peak power and torque, respectively borrowed from its Czech subsidiary Skoda’s flagship cars Skoda Laura and Skoda Superb, though the two Skoda cars will be seeing a neck-to-neck competition with the new petrol variants also entering into the Indian car market scenario.  Despite the powerful 1.8 L petrol engine, Volkswagen promises of a modish mileage of around 10 kmpl in the city and bettered mileage on the highways to make a smashing debut for the petrol car lovers especially when the diesel car demand is likely to go down with the upcoming budget session in March when the Government is considering excessive tax on diesel powered cars.

 

The NVH levels in the petrol variants are also expected to be better in comparison with their diesel counterparts. The Volkswagen Passat diesel priced at Rs 24.11 lakh for the base diesel variant is offered presently in two variants, the 2.0 L TDI Comfortline and 2.0 L TDI Highline offering a mileage of 12.5 kmpl making the Volkswagen Passat petrol variant mileage no less in comparison.