Re: Passat

["Peer Oliver Schmidt" <pos@datadesign.de>]

Hi Todd,

first post to the list, so hopefully I will survive. :-)

The Passat does share a lot of stuff with the A4, but it would be safer to
say, the Passat is the Audi A6, as it does share much more with the A6. They
had quite an interesting comparisation in a german magazine. Basically they
said, if you have the money, go with the Audi, as it has a much better, more
solid finish.

rgds
Peer Oliver Schmidt
aka pos
'88 Audi 100 Avant Quattro 2.3 (110' mls)
'91 Mazda Miata 1.8 (90' mls)

-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Young <tyoung@wamnet.com>
To: Dan Masi <dan_masi@mentorg.com>; quattro@coimbra.ans.net
<quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Mittwoch, 8. Juli 1998 20:22
Subject: 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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