RE: Availability of hard to find 2001 Volkswagens!!

[Khan Klatt <khan@mediaaccess.com>]

At 9:54 AM -0400 10/6/2000, Ng, Kevin (Bank of America Commercial 
Finance wrote:
>  > -----Original Message-----
>>  From:	Khan Klatt [SMTP:khan@mediaaccess.com]
>>
>>  At 1:42 PM -0500 10/5/2000, Gerardo S. Rojas wrote:
>>  >Phil,
>>  >
>>  >What is the deal with the new Passat W8?  Will VW offer a 1.8T Passat
>>  >with 4motion?  How about putting the 2.7twin turbo from the S4 into a
>>  >Passat?
>>
>>  I think you just described the A6 2.7T. My guess is that by the time
>>  you put a 2.7T into a Passat, you might as well just buy an A6 2.7T.
>>
>>  They're available today, and with Quattro no less.
>>
>Actually, the Passat would be the VW equivalent of the Audi A4.

I dunno, Kevin. They may be equivalent in many ways, but the primary 
thing for me is the size of the car. In my opinion the Audi A4 is 
about the size of the Jetta. Interior seating room in the Audi A4 is 
about as cramped as any Jetta. The Passat has nicer legroom in the 
back, as does the A6.

The A4 and the Passat may share some technologies/platforms/engines, 
etc. but in my mind, when someone wants a "Passat-style" car, they're 
asking for a midsize (not compact) 4 door sedan. When he specified 
the 2.7TT, the bells went off in my A6 2.7T detector lobe of my 
brain, and that's where the statement came from.

-Khan
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Khan Klatt                                         khan@mediaaccess.com

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