dherr (Forum Supporter) said:I also wanted a W8 Passat back in the day, remember drooling over one in the showroom back in 2004. Glad I just kept my A4 Audi as that 1.8 turbo was a great engine!
I was a service writer in the early 2000s we had a customer with a W8. What a nightmare, mainly because of the customer. But the engine too.
That customer finally got a B6 Passat with the 3.6 VR6, such a better engine than the W8.