HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - The Volkswagen Passat was not designed to accommodate a V-8. So when former VW AG Chairman Ferdinand Piech decided to expand the Passat model range with an eight-cylinder ...

This B5 is a 2004 model year car that features a W8 engine under the hood, and has a clean Idaho title. How much do you think ...

MUNICH, Germany --The W-8 engine configuration may be dead. Volkswagen AG has stopped producing the Passat W8 model because of slow sales, says CEO Bernd Pischetsrieder. It was the only vehicle to use ...

The Volkswagen Passat W8 has an infamously unreliable eight-cylinder engine that even seasoned mechanics won't touch. One Volkswagen expert and YouTuber is tearing down one of these scary engines and ...

The VR6 engine powered a variety of VW models. The last of them was the 2018 VW Passat. Today, these models are a bargain.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Volkswagen was experimenting with W-shaped engines and as it turns out, buying one of the marque’s W-powered models doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg. Volkswagen ...

Volkswagen hasn't sold a Passat in the U.S. since the 2022 model year but the nameplate lives in other markets, albeit on a sedan and wagon unrelated to the model that was sold here. Now a new ...

When the Volkswagen Passat got redesigned for model year 2012, we were so impressed with the larger, American market-focused VeeDub that we named it our Car of the Year. Two years later, the Passat is ...

Volkswagen has officially announced pricing for the company’s 2012 Passat. Buyers will be able to jump into the mid-size sedan for as little as $19,995 (*plus $770 in destination charges). At that ...

Volkswagen Passat is currently available in Diesel engine. The 1968 cc Diesel engine generates a power of 175bhp@3600-4000rpm and a torque of 350Nm@1500-3500rpm. Volkswagen Passat is available in ...

This story contains independent illustrations that are neither related to nor endorsed by VW. The VW Passat was discontinued from North America last year, but European buyers will be blessed with an ...