We are big Volkswagen Passat fans. The $22,000 1.8-turbo is a terrific car for the money, and the fast, smooth V6-powered models are an excellent step up. Both engine choices are available in a sedan ...

Volkswagen announced a price of $37,900 for the upcoming W8 Passat. The unique W8 makes 271 hp and 273 lb-ft of torque, and VW claims a 0-to-62-mph performance of 6.5 seconds. The new 180-hp Beetle ...

The name Volkswagen is German for "car for the people", a car for everyone - ironically, the Volkswagen group is now Europe's largest manufacturer of automobiles and is moving the brand upwards and ...

If you combined "eight-cylinder engines" and "Volkswagens" in the same sentence a few years ago, you'd have been meet with either stares of incredulity or outright guffaws. The people's car company ...

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While the name of its parent company literally means "people's car," today's Nice Price or No Dice Volkswagen Passat W8 is a car for only a select few; those willing to put up with some quirks and ...

This used luxury German sedan offers a powerful W-8 engine, AWD, and manual transmission for a low price. With an average price of under $4,000, it provides a unique mix of power, comfort, and value ...

The early 2000s were packed with performance cars, but few looked as plain, yet went as hard, as the 2001 Volkswagen Passat W8. To most people, it was just a sensible German sedan or wagon, depending ...

Expensive Volkswagens don't exactly have great reputations for reliability, serviceability, or cost of maintenance, so when the company decided to build the ridiculously feature-laden luxury cars ...

Gstaad, Switzerland - Does Volkswagen need a $38,000 sedan? Do VW and Audi need competing eight-cylinder luxury cars? Does the world need a W-8 engine? We'd have answered no to all three, but VW ...

Technically, VW built the B5-generation Passat between 1996 and 2006, with the facelifted version, also known as the B5.5, popping up in 2001 boasting revised styling and a flagship W8 version. This ...

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