Re: A4 = Passat?

[ti@bazooka.amb.org (Ti Kan)]

Fringe Ryder writes:
> 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?

No.  The A4 is not the same as the current Passat.  The Passat is
a larger car than the A4.  The "narrow-angle 172hp 2.8L V6" in the
Passat (GLX) is VW's 15-degree VR6 engine, which is transversely
mounted.  The A4 2.8 uses Audi's 90-degree V6, and is longitudinal.
It is interesting that both of these engines make the same horsepower
(172hp), but the Audi's engine has more torque (184lb-ft @ 3000rpm vs.
173lb-ft @ 4500rpm).

The next generation VW Passat and Audi A6 (due out next year) will
share the same platform, which, incidently, is a stretched A4 design.

-Ti
96 A4 quattro
84 5000S Turbo
80 4000
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