Awards
& Accolades
The Volkswagen Passat
When we set out to build the Passat, we had one thing in mind: everything. That attention to detail has led to praise by our drivers, critics, and even the automotive press. Check out some of our awards and accolades bestowed on us by those that know us best.
- 2013 IIHS Top Safety Pick+
- A Consumers Digest Best Buy – 2013 Passat
- Motor Trend ranks 2012 Passat #1 Midsize Sedan
- The Edmunds.com 40-MPG Challenge
- 2012 Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com Best Family Car
- 2012 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 5-Star
Overall Rating - Cars.com Best of 2012
- 2012 Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com 10 Best Sedans Under $25K
2013 IIHS Top Safety Pick+
An IIHS Top Safety Pick+
For models built after Oct. 2012
Every year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety honors outstanding vehicles with the title of Top Safety Pick.2 In 2013, the Passat was awarded with a new, more prestigious distinction: Top Safety Pick+.3 To receive this accolade, the Passat had to pass the rigorous new small overlap frontal test. The Passat isn't just safe, it's safe +.
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A Consumers Digest Best Buy – 2013 Passat
The 2013 Volkswagen Passat.
A Consumers Digest Best Buy.2
Great cargo space, an impressive ride, and a well-designed interior — just a few of the reasons Consumers Digest gave the 2013 Volkswagen Passat a Best Buy award. Proof that German engineering is worth every penny.
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2The Best Buy Seal and other licensed materials are registered certification marks and trademarks of Consumers Digest Communications, LLC, used under license. For award information, visit ConsumersDigest.com.
Motor Trend ranks Passat #1 Midsize Sedan
Volkswagen Passat
Ranked #1 in Midsize Sedan Comparison.2
In a recent comparison test by Motor Trend, the 2012 Volkswagen Passat topped the top-selling midsize sedans in its class, including the Toyota Camry, Honda Accord and, well, every other midsize they tested. Which means not only do our drivers love the Passat, but it seems that the critics do too. This might be cause for a victory lap.
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2Based on comparison of the 2012 Passat SE with five other 2012-2013 midsize sedans.
The Edmunds.com 40-MPG Challenge
The Edmunds.com
40
MPG CHALLENGE
Volkswagen Passat
Six cars. Three different routes. One fantastic story. The Passat TDI® full-size sedan bested the competition in Edmunds.com 40-MPG Challenge.4 Going up against nothing but compact cars or smaller, the Passat TDI still managed to get the most by using the least. In more ways than one, it was no contest.
2012 Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com Best Family Car
Best Family Car
Volkswagen Passat
The Passat is great for families. But don't just take our word for it. See why Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com ranked it among the 10 Best Family Cars for 2012.2
2012 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 5-Star Safety Rating
2012 Passat
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration
5-Star Safety Rating2
It's a safe bet to say that the 2012 Passat is as safe as it gets. It earned a 5-Star Overall Safety Rating by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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2Government star ratings are part of the National
Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA's) New Car Assessment
Program (www.safercar.gov).
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Cars.com Best of 2012
Best of 2012
2012 Passat
We engineered the Passat to be bigger and better than before with maximum comfort and sportiness. But we didn't specifically engineer it to earn Cars.com's Best of 2012. It did that all on its own.
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2012 Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com 10 Best Sedans Under $25,000
2012 Passat
Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com
Best Sedan Under $25,0002
When it comes to safety, features, comfort, and everything in between, the 2012 Passat has got it all. Which is why it didn't just make the list of Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com 10 Best Sedans Under $25,000,3 it topped it.