Possibly THE highlight of driving the wagon back home from skiing in a heavy dump is watching the rear hatch defrost the SYNCRO namesake. Even people less obsessed with the Audi/VW marques thought this very cool. Hope the new one will have the same hatch option...somehow I doubt it, but does anyone know if the Passat syncros had the same feature in CAN/EC? SquirleyD 86 VW Qtm Syn