Need a wagon soon...

[David]

Indeed that VW page looks like you can get a GLS 1.8T 4-Motion stick, but try the system to price one...not available. I have also confirmed this with my dealer (I was going to actually buy one but waited too long, no more 04s left and they told me no 05s will be built). Now the 2005.5/2006 PQ46 Passat will be available with the 2.0T and 4-Motion, albeit a haldex based system (the PQ46 Passat will no longer ride on the Audi B chasis, but will use a streached/modified A chasis).

Dave
> 
> From: bwpearre at alumni.princeton.edu (ben)
> Date: 2004/11/11 Thu PM 01:23:41 EST
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Need a wagon soon...
> 
> > Well, I've got a little bad news for you. At least here in the USA,
>   there will be no 05 Passat Wagon 1.8T 4Motions with manual
>   tranies. Yes, there were 04s, but for 05 you can only get 05 Passat
>   Wagon 1.8T 4Motion witht eh 5-spd tip. All of us over at Club B5 are
>   totally bummed.
> 
> Indeed?  Edmund's lists it:
> 
> http://www.edmunds.com/new/2005/volkswagen/passat/100474339/prices.html?tid=edmunds.n.mipmake.pricetable.num17.1.volkswagen*
> 
> VW USA lists it:
> 
> http://www.vw.com/passatwagon/features_us.htm
> 
> (4motion available at additional charge, 5-sp manual tranny standard
> (limited quantities on GLX, but it's the GLS we're discussing)).
> 
> Of course, these aren't installable options---are you saying that they
> just aren't going to build more than about 3 GLS 1.8T quattro wagons?
> Or that all the 2005 ones are spoken for?  Or that they're lying?  Or
> that I can't read?  :)
> 
> What pisses me off is that this would be my dream car if it had:
> 
> 1) Good traditional German red/red/red dash lighting, instead of that
>    blue crap (yeah, it's pretty, but damn distracting).
> 
> 2) They didn't play stupid games with the options, like making the GLS
>    (the engine I want) not available with the climate control.  Also,
>    in 2004 only the W8 was available with headlight washers, and in
>    2005 they don't talk about that at all, which I assume means they
>    don't have it at all...  Perhaps I could retrofit one from a W8.
> 
> 3) I'd love to get it with the diesel.  Probably when the US finally
>    cleans up the diesel supply...
> 
> I guess I'll have to keep Hyatt alive for a few more years.
> 
> -- 
> Ben Pearre     1990 200TQA "Hyatt"        http://hebb.mit.edu/~ben
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