We're less than 24 hours away from Volkswagen's big reveal at the Detroit Auto Show and sources from the media gathering at VW's corporate headquarters in Herndon, VA have learned that the NMS will carry the Passat badge when it goes on sale later this year.

Up until now, there was some question whether VW would continue to use Passat for its new mid-size sedan, but after the NCS (New Compact Sedan) debuted with the Jetta badge, it was all but assumed that the Passat nameplate would carry on. We'll have all the details on the 2012 Passat when the wraps come off tomorrow.

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