The Passat has become a successful midsize model for Volkswagen, both in its sedan and wagon configuration. With the new W8 engine VW takes the Passat to new heights.

The Passat W8 comes standard with VW's 4Motion all-wheel-drive system and five-speed automatic transmission with Tiptronic. The suggested retail price of the Passat W8 is $38,450, including the ...

The engine continues to pull up to the 6500-rpm redline, making it an ideal autobahn cruiser. Volkswagen claims 0 to 62 mph in 6.5 seconds for the sedan, 7.8 seconds for the wagon.

The 4.0-liter W8 featured two narrow-angle 15-degree VR4 cylinder blocks arranged on a common crankshaft at an angle of 72 degrees. It delivered 275 hp and 273 lb-ft (370 Nm) of torque and the ...

Its main calling card will be a 4.0L/275-hp W8 engine. No typo, that's W8, meaning two vees of four cylinders each, placed at a very narrow angle within the engine block, not unlike VW 's terrific ...

Based on Friday's response, we should note that today's 2004 Volkswagen Passat W8 thankfully does have a stick. And that's only one of the many tricks it has up its metaphorical sleeve. This up ...

Enter the 2002 Passat W8, a car that boasts two VW firsts–its first 8-cylinder engine, a no-doubt-about-it hint that “high mileage” wasn’t the motivation, and the “almost $40,000 ...

The VW Passat W8 is a beautifully appointed sedan or wagon that competes with luxury heavyweights from BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, and Audi, rather than with traditional VW rivals such as Toyota ...

In effect, the engine was two VR6 motors, each with two cylinders lopped off and then wedded together in unholy fashion. This '04 wagon represents the holy grail of W8 Passat obtainment.

VW has stopped W8 production due to sales so slow it oftentimes seemed that customers were sneaking into dealerships at night and putting their Passat W8sback on the lot. The goal was a modest ...

Volkswagen There was also the fact that B5-gen Passat was the only car to ever use Volkswagen’s W8 engine. In fact, it was the only car in history to ever use a W8 engine.