Super reliable driving assistance and super easy-to-use human-machine co-driving! SAIC Volkswagen Pro family 2026 models launched with further intelligent evolution

On September 29, 2025, SAIC Volkswagen officially announced the launch of the 2026 Pro family, its ultra-intelligent gasoline-powered vehicle family. This pushes the intelligent gasoline-powered vehicle experience into the 2.0 stage, offering a "road-understanding, driver-friendly" experience. Starting in 2024, the Tiguan L Pro , Passat Pro , and Touron Pro will be released. The Pro family brings the "hybrid and electric intelligence" message to the market, and with its robust intelligent capabilities, it dispels the market and consumer prejudice that gasoline-powered vehicles are not intelligent. With this upgrade, the 2026 Pro family offers users ultra-reliable assisted driving, incredibly user-friendly human-machine co-driving, and a smart cockpit that gets better with use. This addresses the generational gap in intelligent experience for gasoline-powered vehicles and truly ushers in a new era of hybrid and electric mobility, offering a boundless experience.

At the press conference, SAIC Volkswagen announced that all purchases of the top-of-the-line Pro model will receive the IQ.Pilot enhanced driver assistance system with "end-to-end high-speed NOA" for free. This optional system is available for just 5,000 yuan, making it easy to install. This user-friendly, safe, and affordable system truly brings technology to the masses.

As a pioneer in intelligent upgrades, the Pro family consistently leverages the "golden value triangle" of fuel-powered vehicles: intelligent performance, premium quality, and mechanical integrity. Leveraging SAIC Volkswagen's 40 years of automotive expertise, the fifth-generation EA888 engine, and German chassis tuning, the Pro family maintains a leading position in reliability and driving experience. As intelligent driving enters its 2.0 phase, the high-speed NOA function deeply integrates the concept of "human-machine co-driving," comprehensively enhancing the intelligent experience of fuel-powered vehicles and precisely meeting user expectations for "smarter fuel-powered vehicles."

Ultra-reliable assisted driving, super easy-to-use human-machine co-driving

SAIC Volkswagen and Zhuoyu jointly developed the IQ.Pilot enhanced driver assistance system for the 2026 Pro family. Adhering to SAIC Volkswagen's rigorous development standards, all functions have undergone extensive testing and verification to ensure safety, reliability, and durability. The upgraded end-to-end high-speed NOA system features automatic lane changes and recommended overtaking, intelligent obstacle avoidance, and autonomous on- and off-ramps (including those on steep curves), providing a worry-free, reliable, and smooth assisted driving experience.

During the pilot assistance process, even if human intervention is required, the function will not exit, but will continue to provide optimal assistance. For example, when the vehicle is about to automatically exit the highway ramp, if the user suddenly changes their mind and wants to adjust the driving route, they can simply touch the steering wheel to intervene. After confirming their intention, the vehicle will proactively re-plan the route without exiting the assisted driving function.

This vividly embodies the "human-machine co-driving" concept championed by SAIC Volkswagen. Like an experienced co-pilot, the car never attempts to wrestle the steering wheel from the user, achieving seamless coordination between man and machine through smooth collaboration, clear prompts, and seamless handovers.

Automatic navigation lane change allows the 2026 Pro family to follow the navigation route planning in real time while driving at high speeds, automatically determine the timing of lane changes, and switch lanes smoothly; recommended lane change and overtaking will plan the optimal lane change path in advance and actively and safely change lanes when a slow car is detected in front, which is smart and efficient. Intelligent obstacle avoidance can quickly and accurately identify static obstacles, automatically calculate a safe detour path or brake at the right time, and avoid risks reliably without panic. Autonomous on and off ramps will identify the exit/entrance location in advance when the navigation plan includes a high-speed ramp, and actively switch lanes to gradually enter the ramp when the opportunity arises. It will also automatically adjust the vehicle speed and steering angle according to the ramp curve curvature and speed limit to smoothly pass the corner. After exiting the ramp, it can also merge into the main road accurately and smoothly. No manual control is required throughout the process, which is easy and worry-free, "reducing the burden" for the driver.

The entire high-speed NOA system is so worry-free, reliable, and smooth thanks to its powerful technical support. The high-precision perception and ranging isomorphic inertial navigation binocular sensor, equipped with an 8-megapixel inertial navigation binocular camera, can observe like the human eye, generating high-precision dense point clouds without relying on high-precision maps and lidar, building a 360° all-round safety perception system. The binocular enhanced OCC algorithm, combined with an end-to-end algorithm model, can think like the human brain, significantly improving the detection distance and accuracy of static obstacles, identifying complex scenes and displaying them dynamically in real time. It does not rely on preset rules throughout the process, making decisions more in line with human driving habits, and flexibly identifying the passability of scenes, making predictions more efficient, and strengthening game-playing capabilities, comprehensively improving trust and security.

The smart cockpit that understands you better the more you use it

This evolution of the Smart Cabin features four key highlights: an in-vehicle omniscient language model, intelligent voice interaction, Face ID intelligent recognition, and comprehensive upgrades to mobile connectivity. SAIC Volkswagen collaborated closely with Baidu to achieve a deep integration of Baidu Wenxin and DeepSeek's dual AI models, enabling the voice assistant to interact in all scenarios. Intelligent voice interaction supports multi-intent recognition, understanding up to five intents in a single sentence, and supports intelligent voice control and continuous conversation. Face ID allows instant login with automatic synchronization of personalized settings, creating a personalized driving experience. App-based remote vehicle control and preparation, as well as digital key unlocking, ensure seamless ecosystem connectivity.

In recent years, SAIC Volkswagen has consistently adhered to the "Hybrid and Electric Vehicles Advance Together, Hybrid and Electric Vehicles Share Intelligence" strategy, focusing on the coordinated development of fuel and new energy vehicles to address all user needs. The launch and upgrade of the 2026 Pro family provides fuel vehicle users with assisted driving and intelligent cabin solutions that adhere to stringent safety standards and are deeply adapted to the Chinese market, achieving a leap forward in the "fuel and electric power" experience. Going forward, SAIC Volkswagen will continue to promote the dual development of fuel and new energy vehicles, providing a richer product portfolio and smarter technological experiences to accompany every user on an easy and secure journey, fostering a new future of harmonious coexistence between people and vehicles.