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Newswheel staff :: 10 April 2008 :: Filed under Coupe, Saloon, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Passat
For a car that will live and die on style alone, we’ve an inkling the Passat CC four-door coupe’s clothes are a touch too retiring. Nevertheless, VW has big plans for the new model including a six-year sales target of 300,000. That’s big money for a niche model. Anywho, the Passat CC goes on sale this autumn. Therefore, to oil our sumps in preparation for this new halo model, VW has released full tech specs including details of the DSG-touting, all-wheel drive 3.6 V6 model…
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Newswheel staff :: 19 November 2006 :: Filed under Estate/Wagon, Saloon, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Passat, Europe & UK
Volkswagen has taken the wraps off a new high performance variant of the mid-sized Passat saloon. The Passat R36 packs 296bhp from a new 3.6-litre FSI V6. That’s enough to ensure this is not only the quickest Passat ever, but also the fastest estate car the company has ever wheeled out. OK, the historical competition isn’t exactly hot on either count. But with a zero-to-62mph capability of 5.6 clicks, the R36 certainly shifts. But perhaps more intriguingly, it opens the way for a 300-brake TT R36…
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Newswheel staff :: 20 April 2006 :: Filed under Saloon, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Passat, US
Hey! VW! We’re over here in Europe. You remember, the home of cheese
eating surrender monkeys, desiccated olde-worlde business practices…and
your biggest market. Recently, the self-styled maker of cars for the
people has had something of a US fixation. The “Moonraker” project was
set up to investigate how VW’s products could be made more attractive
to US buyers. Then a senior VW exec recently suggested that the company
is willing to compromise its premium pricing strategy to improve its US
sales prospects for the Gen 5 Golf (to be know once again as the
Rabbit, Stateside). And now the German outfit has announced an
aggressive package of styling and chassis tweaks for the Passat. And
it’s for American eyes only…
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Newswheel staff :: 05 November 2005 :: Filed under Four wheel drive, Saloon, SUV, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Jetta, Volkswagen Passat, Volkswagen Toureg, US,
Volkswagen has unveiled a trio of BMW M Power-bashing concepts at the SEMA aftermarket show in the US. The German car maker also revealed plans to design cars specifically for the North American market. All three show cars pack a highly tuned, twin-turbo version of VW’s narrow angle V6 and 4MOTION all-wheel drive.
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Newswheel staff :: 24 May 2005 :: Filed under Coupe, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Passat, Europe & UK, US
…of doors, that is. There’s a Passat coupe coming, and apparently it’s going to be even sportier than the recently launched saloon. Yeah, even sportier than a Passat saloon. Well, it might be a bit sporty, then.
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