[s-cars] 08 VW Passant 2.0 T .....sucks in any amount of snow!

[LL - NY]

I forgot precisely when the changeover was, but the earlier cars were
essentially B4 A4's, slightly stretched. 4-mo is essentially quattro,
drivetrain was either the same Audi 1.8T, the V6's started out as the 12V
2.8 superceded by the 30V 2.8 in 2001.5.  The 08 that was suggested sucks in
snow (it's really the tires, I swear!) is the latest VW only chassis,
transverse mount either 2.0T or VR6 3.2 liters. And 4-mo is now Haldex. Two
distinctly different beasts, which is precisely what VAG marketing demanded.

LL - NY

On 2/3/08, David Forgie <forgied at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> James:  If I remember correctly, I believe that the 2003 generation of
> Passat was very much an Audi under the skin (sized somewhere between an A4
> and A6) and the Fourmotion system was really the latest  (current at the
> time) version of quattro (not Haldex).
>
> I think the V6s were Audi V6s (not VR6s) but the V8 was a W8 VW.  I know I
> saw a Passat wagon with both W8 and Fourmotion.  I was interested but the W8
> scared me (maintenance wise).
>
> Dave F.
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