2006 Volkswagen Passat

**Rediesel** · June 13th, 2006 04:00 AM

anybody own one or had experience owning one.

More specifically the 2.0 FSi Turbo with Tiptronic 6 speed auto/manual tranny?

More like a breath of fresh air when compared to the sea of Accords and Camrys and Altimas altho its more expensive by a few grand.

**slyfox** · June 13th, 2006 04:19 AM

wow...ang ganda ganda naman. will this be made available in the phils?

**Rediesel** · June 13th, 2006 04:38 AM

baka hindi i release sa Phil, cost niya will compete probably with the BMers and the Mercs kasi made in Germany.

in actuality this Passat is a "cheaper version" of the Audi A6 if I'm not mistaken. Engine and interior almost the same.

**aceshark** · June 13th, 2006 04:42 AM

OT: may VW pa ba dito sa pinas?

**russpogi** · June 13th, 2006 04:59 AM

Originally Posted by aceshark

OT: may VW pa ba dito sa pinas?

Meron. Their showroom is along Pasong Tamo Extension, kahelera ng Viking Cars (Volvo), Mantrade (Nissan), Toyota Pasong Tamo, GM Autoworld (Chevrolet) and the former Ford Makati (now Ford Global City).

**aceshark** · June 13th, 2006 05:44 AM

Originally Posted by russpogi

Meron. Their showroom is along Pasong Tamo Extension, kahelera ng Viking Cars (Volvo), Mantrade (Nissan), Toyota Pasong Tamo, GM Autoworld (Chevrolet) and the former Ford Makati (now Ford Global City).

ahhh... ok. wala kasi ako masyado makita VW dito pinas e... except for the beetols...

**russpogi** · June 13th, 2006 06:13 AM

Originally Posted by aceshark

ahhh... ok. wala kasi ako masyado makita VW dito pinas e... except for the beetols...

Mahal kse benta nila plus, di sila naglabas ng diesel version bg beetol. hehehe!

Autostadt name ng dealership nga pala. (tama ba spelling ko?)

**yuichi** · June 13th, 2006 12:47 PM

mas maganda nga sya kumpara sa lumang version, dami na ring nagkalat na ganyan d2 sa shenzhen. but for its price i'll take either BMw or audi.

**AG4** · June 13th, 2006 07:45 PM

Originally Posted by aceshark

OT: may VW pa ba dito sa pinas?

Yes... they are distributed by Auto Prominence Corp.
During the launch of Nexus, there were rumors that VW might be considering looking for another RP distributor.
Current local VW Lineup:
VW Beetle 1.6 A/T P1.78M
VW Beetle 2.0 A/T Cabriolet P2.7M
VW Touareg 3.2 V6 estP4.5M
VW Caravelle TDi estP2.8M

Originally Posted by slyfox

wow...ang ganda ganda naman. will this be made available in the phils?

No plans to bring any new models here...
The last Passat sold here by Auto Prominence was the Chinese made Shanghai VW Passat(LWB), the price of the 150PS 1.8 liter Turbo model was P1.68M in 2003! ...and thats already the Chinese made version, it was almost as expensive as the German made model it replaced!
Auto Prominence can't really blame the Euros for the high price can they?
Shanghai VW Passat LWB (2000-2005) (B5 platform)

As for the all-new VW Passat, at the moment its only made in Europe.
In China the LWB Passat(which they used to sell here) was replaced by a VW version of the Skoda Superb which they called the Passat Lingyu.
2006 Shanghai VW Passat Lingyu (B5 platform)

The All-new european made Passat (B6 platform) now has a transverse engine unlike the previous version which was Audi based.
The all-new european Passat uses a platform derived from that of the Golf/Jetta.

**AG4** · June 13th, 2006 08:22 PM

2006 VW Passat (B6)

1.6 FSI 115PS
2.0 FSI 150PS
2.0 TFSI 200PS
3.2 FSI 250PS
3.6 FSI 280PS (USDM)

1.9 TDi 105PS
2.0 TDi 140PS

If Auto Prominence were to distribute the all-new euro Passat here, a 2.0 FSI model would most likely hit the P2M mark.
As of early this year, they said they have no plans for new euro models because they couldn't get a good price...
a good "low" price that they can jack up?