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2012 Volkswagen Passat Earns Top Safety Pick

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2012 Volkswagen Passat

2012 Volkswagen Passat

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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has just named the redesigned 2012 Volkswagen Passat mid-size sedan a Top Safety Pick.

The Passat earned its status as a result of good performance in all four of the IIHS’s safety evaluations (front, side, rollover and rear crash tests). Electronic stability control (ESC) is standard equipment as required by federal regulation as of September 1, 2011.

Volkswagen builds the 2012 Passat at its new plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Besides the Passat, the automaker has seven other current vehicles that have earned the IIHS’s Top Safety Pick award:  the 2011-2012 CC 2.0L TSI, 2011 Jetta, Jetta SportWagen, Tiguan, Touareg, and four-door models of the Golf and GTI.

[IIHS, TheCarConnection]

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  1. gingercat0927 avatar Ginger Fox Posted: 9/9/2011 6:50pm PDT

    I recently bought a 2011 four-door Golf. I love it! I've always liked VW vehicles, and this one is great, too! I drive 70+ miles per day, and this car is averaging 35 mpg. The Bluetooth feature is great- in the city where I work, you must use a hands-free device in order to use a cell phone while driving. So far, I haven't found anything about this car that I don't like!
     
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  2. suzannekane avatar Suzanne Kane Posted: 9/13/2011 11:36am PDT

    @ Ginger Fox - Thanks for your comments about your 2011 VW Golf four-door, especially how fuel-efficient it is and also how you use Bluetooth to make safe hands-free calls.
     
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