Volkswagen Passat (B4)

The Volkswagen Passat (B4) is a large family car that Volkswagen produced from 1993 to 1997. Despite the new designation it was not an all-new model but a heavily facelifted B3, with every external body panel changed except for the roof and glasshouse, and the most obvious change the return of a grille to match the Mk3 Golf and Jetta. The interior was mildly updated with dual front airbags and seat belt pretensioners, while the basic dashboard stayed. The B4 sedan was replaced in 1996 by the new B5 Passat, which phased out the B4 completely in 1997. Engines included a 1.9 litre inline four-cylinder TDI turbodiesel, rated at 45 miles per US gallon on the highway for the sedan, which with a 70 litre tank gave a range above 1,300 km, and the TDI wagon sold fewer than 1,000 in the United States in 1996 and 1997.