Volkswagen's Outback Competitor – The One We Won't Get

by Derek Kreindler

Published: February 19th, 2015

volkswagen s outback competitor the one we won t get

In North America, the Golf Alltrack will be Volkswagen’s sole offering in the “raised up station wagon” segment of pseudo-CUVs. Europe will get this Passat based version – but we got it first. Sort of.

Back in 2012, VW previewed a Passat Alltrack in New York of all places. While the concept wasn’t as rugged looking, it followed the same formula; an Outback competitor with German engineering (namely a diesel and a DSG gearbox as well as Haldex AWD).

A range of gasoline and diesel engines will be available, and a 6-speed manual can be had on lower trim levels. Otherwise, a 6-speed DSG is standard. Haldex AWD with an “offroad” mode is also mandatory – though it’s hard to imagine that it will be terribly effective on anything more rugged than a gravel driveway.

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Izzy on Feb 20, 2015

I must say, VW design is very appealing to me. Especially, compare to Infinity's on the previous post. Enough with the cartoonish looking cars already!

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Corey Lewis on Feb 20, 2015

I mean we don't REALLY need this here. If you want a Euro AWD wagon thing with less than stellar reliability, the XC70 has you covered, and it's available in brown. It will cost the same or less to maintain than this VW, and will have a better interior. If you want smaller, get an A4 Allroad.

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- Sigivald on Feb 20, 2015
  
  And the XC70 sells about as well as the Allroad - 4 or 5 hundred a month. (I was looking at both, recently, among others, and went with a lightly used XC70. Because I wanted bigger and faster. And ... it's brown. No joke; I've always liked brown cars.)
  
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- TrailerTrash on Feb 20, 2015
  
  @Sigivald just asking...but what was the final price for the Volvo?
  
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