VWs with AWD?

Kris Hansen kris_j_hansen at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 13 10:52:12 EST 2001


Actually, the Passat is the same system as the Audis, with Torsen center
diff. The Golf/Jetta/TT/A3 use the Haldex system.

As for the dog slowedness, try pushing the throttle pedal to the floor, and
hold it there. No fancy turbos to pad the low end on the V6 engine, needs
revs to go fast..

Kris
-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Lee M. Levitt
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 10:30 AM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: RE: VWs with AWD?


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


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