[Vwdiesel] Passat TDI

[TexasTDI]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Duncan L. Forbes" <duncan.forbes at ints.com>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 7:34 AM
Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] Passat TDI

> Checked out the Jetta TDI wagon last night. Very, very nice but after
> sitting in the back seat, the little woman says, "Blaire's car seat won't
> fit in here." This statement ended the discussion on the Jetta.

Did you actually put the car seat in?  Or was this just an assumption on her
part?

Must be a pretty big car seat for it not to fit.  I never had a problem
fitting a car seat in my previous MK3 1996 Golf.  And it was a lot smaller
than the MK4 Jetta Wagon.

> So I ask the salesman about the TDI Passat. He said that they just went to
a
> VW seminar highlighting the upcoming models. The Touareg was the main
> feature but they slipped in that the Passat was coming in a TDI in 2004.
> Also that the Eurovan was being pulled from the market and redesigned, and
> should be back in 2005.

He's referring to the new Microbus.  It's based on the Eurovan platform.
Imagine a Eurovan that looks like the air-cooled Type 2 bus of the 60's.

> The reason he said they were given for no Passat TDI is the quality of the
US diesel fuel.

That is complete BS.  The reason there is no Passat TDI right now is because
VW didn't think enough people would by a Passat TDI to justify importing
them over here.  Especially with the under-powered 90hp motor.

The new Passat TDI will have the brand new 2.0 TDI Pump-Deuse producing
136hp/236ftlbs.  The new Jetta, Golf, and New Beetle will get the 1.9 TDI
Pump-Deuse producing 100hp/177ftlbs.  It will be interesting to see how
these new PD motors like our crappy high-sulphur, low cetane diesel.

Chris Thornton
1991 VW Jetta 2 Door 1.6 Diesel - 237k miles
2000 VW Golf 1.9TDI (turbo diesel) - 82k miles
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