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The Volkswagen Passat has been with us since 1973 in eight official generations and a shit ton more facelifts,…
May 12
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If you’re looking for a unique daily driver without shelling out for one-offs, customs, and supercars, it’s hard to…
Jul 31 2019
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Expensive Volkswagens don’t exactly have great reputations for reliability, serviceability, or cost of maintenance,…
Dec 12 2018
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Most of Volkswagen’s latest cars have shifted over to its MQB platform—which affords them plenty of powertrain and…
Feb 9 2018
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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…
Jan 9 2018
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A few years back Volkswagen debuted a 900-horsepower Passat converted to rear-wheel drive with a Chevy V8 to run in…
Dec 12 2017
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By now we all know not to expect too much logic or reason from Craigslist. We know Craigslist is a deviant subset of…
Nov 14 2016
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Sporty versions of mid-size sedans are all the rage, apparently. Toyota is even rumored to have a TRD version of the…
Jul 25 2016
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The Volkswagen Passat is definitely a car you can buy right now! It has many impressive features, like how it comes…
Apr 6 2016
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We knew Volkswagen’s Dieselgate fix wasn’t going to be easy, and we’ve been concerned that the repair might affect…
Oct 6 2015
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The Volkswagen Passat is what happens when Germans beige-ify a mid-size sedan to satisfy the American market. What…
Apr 7 2015
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Today W8-powered manual wagon Volkswagen Passat ceded its title of "Sickest Passat Ever" to…
Mar 23 2015
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America loves it some mid-size sedans. Wagons might be more practical and crossovers are now outselling the humble…
Oct 8 2014
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I think America's Volkswagen Passat is a good barometer for how the Europeans think of us. It is boring, slow, big,…
Jul 7 2014
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Volkswagen put extendable head-up display and lots of other gadgets into the 2015 Passat in order to make it the…
Jul 3 2014
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It's lighter, it's more efficient, it's on the MQB platform, and it's more upscale. Everyone meet the all-new 2015…
May 22 2014
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Hope you're gained some kind of acceptance for the way the Volkswagen Passat looks right now, because the one we get…
Apr 8 2014
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There might an issue if you're in the market for some of the best-selling Volkswagens. According to a dealer memo…
Jan 13 2014
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We know that the new gasoline-burning BlueMotion Passat is digging deep into VW's BlueMotion rucksack of tricks to…
Jul 28 2013
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Did you know the Volkswagen Passat is 40 years old this year? I know! The current model doesn’t look a day over 5.