On Thu, 9 Jul 1998 13:59:31 -0400, you wrote: >I thought the Passat was actually going to have the Quattro hardware, but be called "Synchro" That's correct. The new Passat has got Quattro, but VW calls it Synchro. I guess they want to keep Quattro an Audi name and Synchro a VW name. ES