I don’t know if the W8 Passat was as unreliable as everyone remembers it to be, or if it was only that people who expected something approaching Camry-grade reliability from what was a reasonably exotic vehicle got loudly turned off by it. But I just know some of you out there have owned these things.
A few years back Volkswagen debuted a 900-horsepower Passat converted to rear-wheel drive with a Chevy V8 to run in Formula Drift. It seemed like sacrilege, at least until the moment we heard the yowl of its 8-into-1 exhaust.
By now we all know not to expect too much logic or reason from Craigslist. We know Craigslist is a deviant subset of humanity, sometimes an ideal place to find beater cars or dusty mid-’70s pong games, sometimes a terrifying hive of vice and exposed genitalia. This time, it’s a place where a strange serial Volkswagen…
Sporty versions of mid-size sedans are all the rage, apparently. Toyota is even rumored to have a TRD version of the Camry in the works. Not to be outdone, Volkswagen looks like it’s giving the GT treatment to the 2018 Passat.
The Volkswagen Passat is definitely a car you can buy right now! It has many impressive features, like how it comes with four tires and has seats inside. But if you think that’s exciting, wait until you hear how Volkswagen might kick this sedan into “high gear”!
We knew Volkswagen’s Dieselgate fix wasn’t going to be easy, and we’ve been concerned that the repair might affect fuel economy. Well, it appears that our fears might have been justified, as Automotive News Europe says the proposed software fix for 2.0-liter diesel Passats is causing an increase high fuel consumption.…
The Volkswagen Passat is what happens when Germans beige-ify a mid-size sedan to satisfy the American market. What do you need to know before you buy a Volkswagen Passat? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in our Buyer’s Guide.
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Today W8-powered manual wagon Volkswagen Passat ceded its title of "Sickest Passat Ever" to the 900 horsepower V8 Passat unveiled by Tanner Foust for the new season of Formula Drift.
America loves it some mid-size sedans. Wagons might be more practical and crossovers are now outselling the humble four-door, but mid-sizers remain the chariot of choice for a massive swath of the population. Nearly every automaker offers one and each comes in dozens of flavors, so how do you pick the best? We’re…
I think America's Volkswagen Passat is a good barometer for how the Europeans think of us. It is boring, slow, big, cheap-feeling, kind of ugly, and not fun to drive. Volkswagen gives us that car while they simultaneously look down on us, all while struggling to understand our market and sell cars in it.
Volkswagen put extendable head-up display and lots of other gadgets into the 2015 Passat in order to make it the best-selling sedan once again. America, this is what you're missing.
It's lighter, it's more efficient, it's on the MQB platform, and it's more upscale. Everyone meet the all-new 2015 Volkswagen Passat. I think it looks pretty nice. Too bad we Americans won't get to drive it.
Hope you're gained some kind of acceptance for the way the Volkswagen Passat looks right now, because the one we get in the U.S. is probably going to be sticking around for a few more years. On other continents, the Passat is ready for a redo and these are the first sketches of the new car. Damn, it looks OK.
There might an issue if you're in the market for some of the best-selling Volkswagens. According to a dealer memo obtained by Jalopnik, some 2014 models are under a stop-sale order over transmission problems. This means the cars can't be sold until there's a fix.
We know that the new gasoline-burning BlueMotion Passat is digging deep into VW's BlueMotion rucksack of tricks to get a very impressive 42 MPG without any electric motors, diesel fuel, or black, black magic. Without black magic, the only color here is blue, which to VW, means green. Got it?
Did you know the Volkswagen Passat is 40 years old this year? I know! The current model doesn’t look a day over 5.
While Volkswagen is content to show off the Volkswagen Passat Alltrack as a production car in Tokyo, the German carmaking giant deigns us fit to get the Alltrack as a concept. What, nobody here likes a good longroof?
Volkswagen will introduce this Alltrack Concept at the New York Auto Show next week, because apparently that's more fun than just coming out and saying "maybe we'll build a wagon version of the new Volkswagen Passat." Because that's what this is. A diesel-powered, Outback-flavored European Passat wagon.
For years, automotive journalists have suspected the cars in automakers' test fleets are somehow better-finished than those customers get. (We've already told you how Ferrari games that system.) Now, Consumer Reports has some questions for Volkswagen about its 2012 Passat press cars.
I've just picked Golden Corral as the 2012 Mike Spinelli Restaurant of the Year. Oh, I don't give a damn about quality, technology, product-use experience or any other childish bullshit like that. I care about profits, dude, big friggin' profits.
