RE: A4 = Passat?

[Peter Henriksen <peterhe@microsoft.com>]

The new Passat (97?) is to a large extent an A4. It's somewhat longer
and has the rear suspension from the next A6. It will probably have a
different and partially overlapping engine range. The narrow angle V6 is
actually the VW VR6 (15 degrees), I believe.
- peter

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Fringe Ryder [SMTP:Fringe@ai.net]
>Sent:	Tuesday, October 15, 1996 10:29 AM
>To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject:	A4 = Passat?
>
>I saw a Volkswagon Passat sedan yesterday - it looks like an A4
>doppleganger.  Same grilled, different logo.  Same trunk-line, same rear
>quarter-window, same everything.  So I looked up the configurations.  It can
>be had with what I'd guess is the same engine, a "narrow-angle 172bhp 2.8L
>V-6".
>
>So is the A4 just a higher level of trim and suspension than the base
>Passat, but otherwise the same car?
>
>Fringe
>