The TDI is a good buy with its excellent gas mileage, and will easily go to 200,000 miles if maintained well, but the 1.8 4 cylinder turbo is obviously riddled with issues mainly engine related.

Back when this generation of Passat was launched in 2005, the market for four and five-door family cars of similar size and shape was beginning to contract at an alarming rate, thanks to the rise in ...

We'd have answered no to all three, but VW chairman Ferdinand Pich says yes. He wants to move VW upmarket and boost the brand's prominence relative to Audi. He's also the one who called for the W ...

I tried four versions of the new Passat, all saloons. The four-wheel-drive V6 4Motion doesn't get the same 225bhp 3.0 litre V6 engine as the new A4. Instead it has to make do with the same 193bhp 2.8 ...

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Selling a 2005 Volkswagen Passat Wagon TDI with 149,000 miles. A brand-new transmission was installed at 140,000 miles ($3,300+ tax at Moffett in Bossier City). The car has been sitting indoors due to ...

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Any Passat should be rattle-free and feel comparatively fresh because of its rock-solid build quality. However, they do go wrong - perhaps more often than you might think - and (together with the ...

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. If you want to Passat the dutchie on the left-hand side then you’re going to need all the help you can get. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe TDi wagon ...

Engines range from 1.4 TSI to R36 Estate Readers report Real MPG to be between 20–67 mpg There's not much wind roar, tyre noise or engine noise. And you're not aware of the complex sounding electronic ...