Volkswagen Passat (B3)

The Volkswagen Passat B3, also called the Passat 35i, is the third generation of the Passat, a large family car produced by Volkswagen from 1988 to 1993. It was introduced in Europe in March 1988, in North America in 1989 and in South America in 1995, and was briefly sold in Australia in 1991, when a total of 14 Passat GL 16V sedans and wagons were imported. Unlike the first two generations it was not offered as a fastback, only as a four-door sedan and a five-door station wagon, a precedent kept by every later generation. Its curvy looks, in the jelly mould style Ford pioneered with the Sierra and Taurus, contrasted with the boxy B2, and the styling grew out of the 1981 Auto 2000 concept with a drag coefficient of 0.25. It was the first Passat on a Volkswagen-designed platform, with a transversely mounted engine.