Volkswagen Passat fuel economy (UK)

Official figures for the Volkswagen Passat from the Vehicle Certification Agency's new car lists, 2000–2026: 754 versions after removing repeats between lists. Economy is in UK (imperial) mpg; electric versions show miles per kWh and range instead. In the most recent lists (2026, WLTP) combined economy is 38.7–52.3 mpg.

This model has figures from two different official tests: NEDC (older lists) and WLTP. They are shown in separate tables and must not be compared with each other.

Figures by list

ListsTestVersionsCombined
2026 WLTP 15 38.7–52.3 mpg
2016–2018 NEDC 151 44.1–166.0 mpg
2012–2015 NEDC 192 35.8–70.6 mpg
2009–2011 NEDC 179 26.9–64.2 mpg
2001–2008 NEDC 173 21.2–51.4 mpg
2000 NEDC 44 25.2–50.4 mpg

Ranges are only comparable within the same test. Plug-in hybrids are listed in the tables but left out of these ranges.

WLTP figures, VCA lists 2026

WLTP is the official test for new cars from September 2017. Its figures are closer to real-world driving than the older NEDC figures.

WLTP figures
VersionFuelCombinedL/100 kmCO₂ g/kmIn lists
Passat
Elegance 1.5 eTSI 150 PS 7-Speed DSG · A7 · 1498 cc
Hybrid 52.3 mpg 5.4 123 2025–2026
Passat
Life 1.5 eTSI 150 PS 7-Speed DSG · A7 · 1498 cc
Hybrid 52.3 mpg 5.4 122 2025–2026
Passat
Life 1.5 eTSI 150 PS 7-Speed DSG 5 Door · A7 · 1498 cc
Hybrid 52.3 mpg 5.4 122 2025–2026
Passat
Elegance 1.5 eTSI 150 PS 7-Speed DSG 5 Door · A7 · 1498 cc
Hybrid 50.4 mpg 5.6 127 2025–2026
Passat
Life 1.5 eTSI 150 PS 7-Speed DSG 5 Door · A7 · 1498 cc
Hybrid 50.4 mpg 5.6 127 2025–2026
Passat
R-Line 1.5 eTSI 150 PS 7-Speed DSG · A7 · 1498 cc
Hybrid 50.4 mpg 5.6 126 2025–2026
Passat
R-Line 1.5 eTSI 150 PS 7-Speed DSG 5 Door · A7 · 1498 cc
Hybrid 50.4 mpg 5.6 126 2025–2026
Passat
R-Line 1.5 eTSI 150 PS 7-Speed DSG 5 Door · A7 · 1498 cc
Hybrid 50.4 mpg 5.6 127 2025–2026
Passat
Elegance 1.5 eTSI 150 PS 7-Speed DSG · A7 · 1498 cc
Hybrid 49.6 mpg 5.7 130 2025–2026
Passat
Life 1.5 eTSI 150 PS 7-Speed DSG · A7 · 1498 cc
Hybrid 49.6 mpg 5.7 131 2025–2026
Passat
R-Line 1.5 eTSI 150PS 7-speed DSG · A7 · 1498 cc
Hybrid 49.6 mpg 5.7 129 2025–2026
Passat
R-Line 1.5 eTSI 150PS 7-speed DSG · A7 · 1498 cc
Hybrid 49.6 mpg 5.7 130 2025–2026
Passat
R-Line 1.5 eTSI 150 PS 7-Speed DSG · A7 · 1498 cc
Hybrid 48.7 mpg 5.8 132 2025–2026
Passat
R-Line 2.0 TSI 204 PS 7-Speed DSG · A7 · 1984 cc
Petrol 40.4 mpg 7.0 159 2025–2026
Passat
R-Line 2.0 TSI 204 PS 7-Speed DSG · A7 · 1984 cc
Petrol 38.7 mpg 7.3 165 2025–2026

Using these figures

"In lists" shows which yearly VCA lists include the version; it is not the model year. Manufacturers supply figures to the VCA voluntarily, so some makes are missing from some years' lists (for example several large brands between 2019 and 2024); a gap in the years does not mean the car was not sold. Click an mpg figure to open the trip fuel cost calculator with it in UK units, or convert it with the fuel economy converter. Real-world economy is usually lower than official figures — measure yours with the MPG calculator.

Tyre and wheel sizes for this model: Volkswagen Passat tyre sizes.

Source: Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA), Car Fuel Data — official data download (lists 2000–2026, downloaded 2026-10-22). © Crown copyright, reused under the licence published for this dataset on data.gov.uk (Creative Commons Attribution). Data processed by us (duplicates merged, model names tidied); the VCA is not responsible for our use of it. The VCA states that figures are supplied by manufacturers, may not be achieved in real-world driving, and are used at the user's own risk.