Comments on: 2008 Volkswagen Passat R36 Review

By: GTRmon

GTRmon — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 03:40:13 +0000

^no you havent, lets not get excited now

By: Jig

Jig — Thu, 13 May 2010 05:40:08 +0000

Now that we are in 2010, The R36 is a fun and practical car to drive. Sporty, yet dignified all in one. I have the biscay blue colour in a Station Wagon and I love driving it. This is my wife’s car however. When the HGP turbo kit is installed, then maybe, only maybe, I can say that it is also my car. But for now, my MKV R32 is keeping me happy.

By: ron

ron — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:51:33 +0000

sorry to Ford lovers, i am also one of you by saying this….BUT

there is no comparisons between VW to Ford let alone an R36.
This is motor engineering at its best.
Pls drive one before posting any comparisons. Numbers means nothing.

Oh and BTW I owned Ford before commenting on this, lastly being an FG F6 310.
Now my wife drives an R36 and we just loves the thing.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:02:59 +0000

Hey Aaron and Steve — I looked at actually buying a new G6ET, which agree, is an awesome aussie performance car. Would’ve cost me $65Kish (with ORC) new. Almost bought one too. Then one day, went past the VW dealer to see what the fuss about the R36 was all about. They had a new stylish CC Passat V6 (same engine as R36 but much better looking IMHO). Test drove it and…. my socks were blown off. In quality terms (interior fit and finish) as well as gadgets (when appropriately optioned), the R36/CC felt like a Bentley compared to the high quality but still noticeably “taxi” feel of the Falcon. The Falcon looked durable, but the VW oozed class. Though in theory the G6ET should be faster, the R36/CC felt much sportier, with crisp naturally aspirated acceleration (compared to the turbo G6ET slightly laggy character). Gear shifts in DSG sports mode were lightning fast, but revved out to 7000+ rpm with an awesome sound! Factor in the fact that the R36/CC is AWD, made in Germany and that it was still only quoted at a mere $10,000 more than the new Falcon (on road), and ….. I just had to place an order on a new VW!!! Aaaron and Steve, you probably won’t get what I mean until you actually sit in and test drive the VW and Ford products side by side. In real life. Forget the theoritical 0-100 times etc. Once you do, you will realise that the VW is in an entirely different league, just as fast as the Ford but in quality/technology terms comparable to the best mid size cars from Audi, BMW and Mercedes Benz (but much cheaper).

By: zodiac

zodiac — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:25:59 +0000

totally agree with you steve

By: steve

steve — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:42:30 +0000

a stock standard BA Fairmont Ghia 5.4L 3V 220kW/472Nm V8 with VCT will beat this car for value and money.
Okay it may lack some technical technological advances , but will still look like its a 2010 car.

with retuning and ecu tweaking you can make those things haul at over 500nm of torque and over 250kw of power, yet still have 2x the reliability when compared to a 3.6l r36 engine. This will cost ya less, and you’ll get the v8 performance.

i know people who made these 3V engines do 5.0s flat, with extractors, tune, cai and 3.73 diff from bf xr8 manual coupled to the 4 speed auto, but assuming that they make 220rwkW to get 5.0s stock.

still you’ll get this cheap, and now days 5.4L 3V falcons are under $12000

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:36:21 +0000

a stock BA XT still makes more torque than this … at the end of the day , an old EF/EL still make more torque all the way to the AUIII.

but are slower …. its the way their 4 speed auto is designed, diff, suspension set up etc …. they are mainstream normal every day family and fleet cars.

say for instance, FG XT 195kW/391Nm, or 204kW/420Nm on RON98 petrol …. hmmmmmmmmm lets see what happens if we give it 275mm rear rubber, LSD, 3.91 diff and a ECU tune …

some so far have claimed 232 flywheel kW from stock standard FG XT and 450Nm of torque with stock cams, extractors and high flow cats only.

and they clocked 5.5s 0-100km/h.

R36 is a highly advanced with 4wd, technical bits and pieces that make it technically sophisticated ….

but put its 3.6L engine on Fords 4 speed auto or 6 speed ZF with 2.73 diff ratio and it will soon drop its 5.6s 0-100km/h to 7s.

in other words , Ford Falcons I6 4.0L all pretty much run on tall gearing and their big TORQUE!

and that is why they last a million km!

think about it.

there is something about that I6 we have here in Australia, it must be the nature of the I6, the capacity and tall gearing and low down torque they make, but also the engine note and exhaust note they all generate , since EAII till AUIII till the current FG.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:31:16 +0000

nice quality, but G6E beats it for $$$ and yet still beats it for RELIABILITY and PERFORMANCE plus it has a bigger engine, excluding that overrated direct injection crap…. port injection is good enough.

its Aussie made, engineered, cheaper to run and easier to use, plus its a bigger car at the end of the day

go the G6E Turbo, lets hope the series II G6E comes with xenon lights.

By: SIMON

SIMON — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:02:51 +0000

Im look at getting one too – but worry the looks are a bit dated and will soon be changed. Also I dont get why the CC and the passat, wont they soon get rid of the passat and just focus on the CC?? not sure – anyones thoughts.

But I love what Im reading and feel pretty sure about getting one.

By: ron

ron — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:02:16 +0000

anyone know what 1/4 mile this would run?
picking mine up this monday.