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The Volkswagen Passat (B1) is an automobile produced by Volkswagen in Germany from 1973 to 1981. == B1 in Europe == The original Volkswagen Passat was launched in 1973. The body types offered originally were two- and four-door fastback sedans and identically profiled three- and five-door versions. Externally all four shared a modern design, styled by the Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro. In essence, the first Passat was a fastback version of the mechanically identical Audi 80 sedan, introduced a year earlier. A five-door station wagon/estate was introduced in 1974. In Europe, the Passat was equipped with either two rectangular, two round units, or quadruple round headlights depending on specification. The Passat was one of the most modern European family cars at the time, and was intended as a replacement for the aging Volkswagen Type 3 and Type 4. The Passat was ''Wheels'' magazine's Car of the Year for 1974 and its sister model Audi 80 was nominated car of the year by the European motor press a year earlier. The platform was named B1. The Passat originally used the four-cylinder OHC 1.3 l () and 1.5 l (with either 75 or 85 PS, 55 or 63 kW or 74 or 84 hp) petrol engines also used in the Audi 80—longitudinally mounted with front-wheel drive, in Audi tradition, with either a four-speed manual transmission or three-speed automatic. It had a MacPherson strut front suspension with a solid axle/coil spring setup at the rear. The SOHC 1.5 was enlarged to 1.6 l in August 1975 with unchanged power ratings and slightly higher torque ratings. In July 1978 the Passat Diesel became available, equipped with the VW Golf`s 1.5 l Diesel (), followed in February 1979 by the Passat GLI with a fuel-injected version of the 1.6 l engine. The whole range received a facelift in 1977 (launched 1978 outside Europe), featuring an interior upgrade and subtly revised styling including repositioned indicators and depending on model, either four round or two rectangular headlights.〔Werner Oswald: ''Deutsche Autos 1945-1990''. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2003 (2nd ed.), ISBN 3-613-02116-1, pp. 94-101〕 File:Volkswagen Passat1 front 20110921.jpg|Volkswagen Passat B1 2-door File:Volkswagen Passat B1 5d Jesus Lock.jpg|Volkswagen Passat B1 5-door (facelift) File:Volkswagen Passat Variant (4622436563).jpg|Volkswagen Passat B1 5-door Variant 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Volkswagen Passat (B1)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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