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Re: Passat

The new Passat IS the A4. Just has a stretched belly pan and
different sheetmetal. Buy the Passat and you get the advantage
of having the Audi AWD instead of the VW version, plus
you pay a few grand less. Also, right now the Passat only
comes with the 1.8Turbo, but my understanding is that
next year it will have the 30valve V6 available.

Otherwise, she will have a rock solid vehicle for the next
20 years or so.

Dan Masi wrote:

> Hi, kids... I'm back, after being uns*bbed for 8 months or
> so.
>
> I'm sure there's been lots of talk about the Passat here, but
> my brief walk through the archives didn't turn up much.
>
> A friend of mine is looking at buying a new Passat, and she
> asked me what the difference was between it and an A4 1.8T.
> Besides "a few grand", "the potential of adding Quattro",
> and "it's longer", I didn't know what else to say.  Especially
> in response to the "why would I pay a few grand more for
> essentially the same car with less rear-seat room?"
>
> So, can any kind soul summarize the differences for me?
>
> Thanks much,
>
> Dan Masi
> '96 A4Q



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