VW Passat: It's luxury without the loaded price

Monday, October 16, 2006

VW Passat: It's luxury without the loaded price

Here's a nice review of the VW Passat from South Africa.

Apart from having the longest name in VW's sedan-car line-up, the VW Passat 3.2 V6 FSI Sportline DSG 4Motion is also the most expensive model in the range. At R339 000 it's not a people's car but, ironically, it's one of the biggest bargains on the market.

Now, I hate paddle shifters with a passion. Normally they're slow and clumsy, even on such magnificent vehicles as Maserati's Quattroporte. But VW's DSG system is lightning-quick and the gear changes are just as imperceptible as they are on the conventional box.

It's light years ahead of systems such as Alfa's horrid Selespeed and even BMW's SMG transmission.