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Written by Stephen Dobie
This is the new Volkswagen Passat. On the surface it looks rather like the outgoing one little has changed visually but beneath it there are some pretty punchy tech upgrades. Headlining those is the slightly ambiguously named Travel Assist". It"s the now very familiar combination of lane keep assist and active cruise control systems that allows the car to basically drive itself on motorways, only here its maximum operation speed has been upped from traffic jam crawling to a full 130mph. Because autobahn. It"s rated as Level 2 autonomy, so you"ll have to keep your hands on the wheel or else the car will get pretty cross and suspend its assistance. But VW itself acknowledges this is a mere taster of the tech that"ll come a bit further down the line. Scared much?
Date written: 6 Feb 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14764
This is the new Volkswagen Passat. On the surface it looks rather like the outgoing one little has changed visually but beneath it there are some pretty punchy tech upgrades. Headlining those is the slightly ambiguously named Travel Assist". It"s the now very familiar combination of lane keep assist and active cruise control systems that allows the car to basically drive itself on motorways, only here its maximum operation speed has been upped from traffic jam crawling to a full 130mph. Because autobahn. It"s rated as Level 2 autonomy, so you"ll have to keep your hands on the wheel or else the car will get pretty cross and suspend its assistance. But VW itself acknowledges this is a mere taster of the tech that"ll come a bit further down the line. Scared much?
Date written: 6 Feb 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14764