How plentiful are Golf/Jetta synchros?

[David.Ullrich at ferguson.com]

I question whether the Gen1/2 Passat is really a stretched A platform. According to everything I've read on the cars and according to the VWVortex site...they were indeed B3/B4 Passats. Plus just look at them, they look like identical twins to the Audi 80/90.

Dave

1987.5 Audi Coupe GT "Special Build" 2.3 - Anthracite Black
1998 VW Passat GLS 1.8T - For Sale CHEAP


-----Original Message-----
From: Ti Kan [mailto:ti at amb.org]
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 4:14 PM
To: Brian Roth
Cc: Brian Roth; 'Chris Dyer'; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: How plentiful are Golf/Jetta synchros?


Brian Roth writes:
> I think you're right. They must have changed the name from Quantum to Passat
> at some point (at least in the U.S.)
>
> > ----------
> > From: 	Chris Dyer
> >
> > Not very plentiful; not a big seller for VW, even in the northern states.
> > It
> > was actally a fraternal twin to the audi 4/5000q w/5cyl (2.2L I think?)
> > w/5spd. OOPS, and they were called Quantums in US, Passat in Europe
> > methinks.
> >
> > check it:
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/3233/syncronized.html
> >
> > If you find one in good shape, it could be a fun car--I've always liked
> > them. There's also some qq-heads (that's quantum quattro!) that have
> > turbo-ized their quantums.

The Passat had traditionally been closely associated with the VAG B platform
(i.e., Audi 80/4000/80/90/A4) with one notable exception, which is the late-
80s to mid-90s model.  That model had a transversely mounted engine unlike
all other Passats.

The name has always been Passat in Europe since the beginning.  The US
got different names, the B1 generation was the Dasher (essentially the same
platform as Audi Fox in the US), the B2 was the Quantum (similar to the
Audi 4000).  When Audi went to the B3/B4 platforms (Audi 80/90), the
VW Passat went to a special stretched A platform, and the name was
unified to be Passat for the US.  The current (post-98) Passat is once
again based on the B5 platform which is shared with the Audi A4.

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