The diesel Passat, produced at the Volkswagen Chattanooga (Tennessee) plant, covered the distance of 8,122 miles or 13,071 kilometers with record low fuel consumption and within 16 days.
The record drive was witnessed by officials of the Guinness World Record Organisation.
The driver team, blogger Wayne Gerdes and engineer Bob Winger (pictured above), achieved a fuel consumption of only 3.02 litres per 100 kilometers, which means a range of 78 miles per gallon. They smashed the previous world record of 67.9mpg by averaging 77.99mpg. The record drive didn't take in Alaska and Hawaii.
