Re: A4 = Passat?

[grubster@megsinet.net (Martin Gruby)]

At 11:35 AM 10/15/96 -0700, you wrote:
Which car is faster??

>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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