Comments on: Volkswagen Passat CC 2008 Geneva Motor Show

By: silky

silky — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:21:39 +0000

this is prolly my next one Greg, 12 more months with the Jetta then time to chge. Looking forward to this one :)

By: greg

greg — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:00:52 +0000

VW are making it very difficult to ignore. I hang for the time the new A4 avant arrives, but VW keep making great looking and driving cars for half the price (3.2 V6 and R36). Very tempting indeed. But I am worried about resale and street cred. Cany anyone cure me.

By: Crouchy

Crouchy — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:31:48 +0000

Speaking of falcon, does anyone else smell a bit of new falcon front end about it? Looks the goods especially if they can sit it below its competition.

By: dlr1

dlr1 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:01:44 +0000

Finally a really good looking passat! The others i find just too bland. This looks fantastic.

By: No Name

No Name — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:43:56 +0000

Yes Tom, VW did however offer the previous Passat with both 4WD and VAG 2.5 diesel here. That was stepping on VW’s toes. Remember the Audi range is a lot more expensive than VW’s. The Passat starts at £38400 (UK) the A6 at $60K (UK). Thats a big difference for what is the same car effectively, VW also have the Phaeton whcih steps right on the toes of Audi A8. Donn’t somehow think they are too worried. cheers

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:54:28 +0000

I think it looks stunning. No Name, I think one of the problems for VW is that it has to be careful it doesn’t step on Audi’s toes too much. If the people’s car had the same drivetrain range as the Audi’s for significantly cheaper then it would eat into Audi’s sales, which would hurt VW. VW needs to remain the mainstream brand, with Audi the premium brand.

By: Phillip

Phillip — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:45:32 +0000

Chad I’m not knocking VW per se. What VW do they do well: build solid semi-premium cars.

But trying to access the Merc CLS market will probably be as successful as when they built the Phaeton – a fantastic car but a failure in a market where people want a more luxurious badge. To Europeans the Passat is like a Camry is to Australians, so to offer one that has the same name, but looks a little different, is less practical and costs a bucket-load more is not great economics.

By: Naughtyius Maximus

Naughtyius Maximus — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:20:12 +0000

Absolute stunning class. And still the people jump on this short term diesel bandwagon….unbelievable

By: No Name

No Name — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:26:39 +0000

Admittedly it is nice but VW really need to plug in a diesel engine bigger than 2.0 litres. They have plenty a rage of oil burners engines from VAG 2.5, 2.7, 3.0, even 4.2 but that would upset the cars balance I guess.

By: Chad

Chad — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:27:40 +0000

Don`t ever knock a VW until you have owned one, I have a 2002 Bora V6 4motion and its been awesome car, way better than any Falcon I have ever owned and my last was an xr6 turbo so go the Passat

By: Adam (aka Mada)

Adam (aka Mada) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:21:05 +0000

I agree with phillip.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:35:13 +0000

I agree Mitch, I think it’s an awesome looking car.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:27:11 +0000

awesome looking car

By: mistertwo

mistertwo — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:14:22 +0000

^A question that no one asked in Australia – which sells 1% of Volkswagen production. Nuff said.

By: Phillip

Phillip — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:48:36 +0000

The Passat CC: Answering a question no-one asked.

By: Godspeed

Godspeed — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:48:34 +0000

Very nice Passat. Some of the proportions and styling cues remind me of a Peugeot. 607 comes to mind

Passat has come a long way from the boring old box of the early nineties