VWs with AWD?

[Lee M. Levitt]

Brad Wilson <dotnetguy at pobox.com>

> My wife would like a car w/ AWD. She may get an A4, but she'd also like to
> consider things from VW. The only thing I'm aware of at the moment is the
> top-trim Passat, which forces you to get an automatic (something we'd both
> like to avoid if at all possible).
>
> Does anybody know if any other trim levels of the Passat are slated to get
> the AWD, or if any trim level of the Jetta is?
>

Have you driven an AWD Passat yet? I test drove a wagon recently, and kept
checking to see if the handbrake was on. The thing was dogslow *and* rather
unimpressive inside.

Also, btw, it uses the Haldex system, which is rather different (FWD biased)
than the quattro system.

Other than that I liked it a lot. Not.

An A4 won't be priced *that* differently from the Passat. Don't stray :)

HTH,

Lee
'95.5 S6 avant
'96 A6 quattro avant