What kind of car was the W8 Passat?
Again, the W8 Passat is kind of a pinnacle wait why did they build that kind of car. A V8 Passat would have been weird enough. A W8 Passat was extra strange. And you could get it with a manual and all-wheel drive and in a wagon.
What was the problem with the VW Passat?
But the first signs of trouble appeared in 2004 when, following years of underwhelming sales, the W8 Passat bit the dust. Though criticized for its uninspired performance relative to its rivals, the Passat W8 had a far more significant flaw: Its complexity made it nightmarishly expensive to maintain.
What makes the Volkswagen Passat W-8 4motion so good?
The W-8 engine requires tight manufacturing tolerances, resulting in this slightly longer break-in period. By the time we handed the car back, it was responding in delightfully fluent fashion, and we’d now like to try one with more miles on the clock.
What makes a VW Passat W8 engine black?
The belt that drives the engine’s balance shaft is obliterated. Much of the black stuff draping the engine in this area is the belt’s teeth basically turned into powder. Several more parts get removed from the engine to reveal the timing chains.
Is the W8 going to be sold in Australia?
Volkswagen Australia is also gambling on the W8, although with a small stake. It hopes to sell just 100 this year. The function in marketing terms is to soften us up for the luxury Phaeton limousine, which arrives here in 2004. Luxury and Volkswagen are words we will have to get used to seeing in the same sentence.
Is the B5 generation Passat a handsome car?
The B5 generation Passat also finds its way burrowing into my brain-holes because it’s a handsome car. The siren song is loud, though its exhaust restrained.
How many horsepower does a VW Passat have?
Like the rest of VW’s production W-engine family (though VAG experimented with other designs), the engine is basically two banks of VR engines. In the Passat’s case, effectively two VR4s enmeshed for 4.0 liters, 270 horsepower at 6000 RPM, and a 273 lb-ft of torque at 2,750.