Volkswagen is pulling the plug on the toned-down, kinda half-ass Passat that was made to pander to what VW thought Americans wanted, and I’m not really broken up to see it go. What I do actually miss is the first US-specific Passat VW made: the Dasher.
I’m not sure why they thought we couldn’t deal with the Passat name, but Dasher was a good name, and I liked the crisp look of those early ones, especially the little buttresses at the rear. Ah, the Brown Era.
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Man, people used to play a shitload of tennis.