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Volkswagen Passat B2

The Volkswagen Passat (B2) is an automobile produced by German manufacturer Volkswagen from 1981 to 1988. It was the second generation of the Volkswagen Passat, the platform of which was slightly longer than that of the preceding Passat (B1). As with the previous generation, it was based on the platform of the Audi 80; the corresponding B2 version of which had already been launched in 1978. The Santana was also manufactured in China, Brazil, Mexico (as the Corsar, from 1984 and 1988) and Argentina (as the Carat between 1987 and 1991). In Brazil, the Santana station wagon was sold as the Quantum. In the United States, both the Santana sedan and station wagon were sold as the Quantum. The Passat saloon and estate were produced in South Africa for their local market until 1987. The production of Passat B2 in China ended in January 2013.

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