Audi: VW Passat = Audi A4?

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:34:34 -0800, "John Opezdol"
<au> wrote:
 

You want ugly, try Nissan. Or Honda. Or Lexus. 

Product differentiation. A great idea. You can look it up 

No.

Are you lazy or stupid?

"John Opezdol" <au> wrote in message
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Let's not discuss personal tastes here, but yes, the Passat and A4 used
to be built on the same platform (B5). However, the A4 has been on the
new platform (B6 or 8E) since 2002. Not sure if the new Passat will
also be built on this same new platform...
 
can't 

According to www.vw.com you can. A GLS 4-motion 1.8T Passat comes with
a manual tranny.

 

There is no sport suspension option on the Passat.

Cheers,

Pete

Richard Potato wrote:
 

AIUI it *is* the same between the 4Motion and the Quattro, but the FWD
Passat's rear suspension is less sophisticated.

--
Mike Smith

Pete wrote: 

No, AIUI it will be built on a stretched version of the VW A5 (i.e.
next-gen Golf) platform. I'm not looking forward to that...

--
Mike Smith

I could stand to be corrected on this one but does the 4x4 Audi not have
Quattro and the Passat (even the 4x4 version) only have an updated version
of whatever part-time system VW use? Which is not Quattro!

I've had a Passat (not the latest varient) followed by an A4 - the A4 was
far superior in build quality and finish.

Mike.

Pete <com> wrote in message
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"Mike Buckley" <com> wrote in message
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have 
version 

They both use the Torsen system, since they both have the longitudinal
engine layout. It's just so they minimize stealing customers from each
other, they call it quattro at Audi and 4Motion at VW. This way they
make it sound as if one was superior to the other. ;-) They're the same
though.

Transverse layouts (A3, TT, R32) use the Haldex system, which is
non-realtime AWD.

Cheers,

Pete

"Pete" <com> wrote in message
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But the Haldex system on the TT is still called Quattro. ANY AWD system is
Quattro if its on an Audi. If its a VW then its 4Motion

"snoogans27" <com> wrote in message
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is 
Ok. So, if one wants to go el cheapo route Passat is the only WV with a
Torsen system.
Correct? I don't think I fancy Haldex enough judging from the info I've
collected so far.