VWs with AWD?

[Ti Kan]

Lee M. Levitt writes:
> 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.

The Passat's 4Motion system *is* quattro IV.  Not Haldex.  Currently
only the transverse engined models get the Haldex.

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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