Test drive Volkswagen Passat B6 2005 - 2010 sedan

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And snow dumps, and ice ruts, and the noticeable paths of all this and in Russia last winter was in abundance. Why should I now please you with a report from the February snowy Munich?
Then, that it was there and then to Russian journalists that a new version of the Volkswagen passage with all-wheel drive and a 250-horsepower engine was presented. Strong snowstorms? The best conditions for the first acquaintance cannot be found!
Wet Huldex
However, the real snowfall will begin a little further, but for now, on the wet autobahn, dignity demonstrates, first of all, a new powerful 3.2 liter of the engine. The flagship confidently accelerates the heavy station wagon to almost maximum speeds under these conditions. Only the Audi AVANT decided to overtake. At 160 km/h and in a muddy veil, I did not have time to read Schildik: I wonder with what motor this station wagon is?
But on the asphalt, snow porridge is gradually thickening, in it the fellow travelers pierce more and more noticeable ruts. They try not to call in the left, almost unanimous row, preferring the tail of the front car to the slippery coating of the free strip. Soon my Ford Mouses has to really work. Prior to this, in normal conditions, the Haldex clutch divided the moment as follows: 90% forward, 10% on the rear axle. Obviously, now, when I turn on the turn signal and with a set of speed I translate the wet snow comb on the left, the ratio changes, however, it should not distract me, the maneuver is not easy.
Indeed, you can not know at all that now the hull Haldex is working for the rear axle; that in fact it is a wet multi -disc clutch in an oil bath, the difference in the speed of rotation of the input and output shafts that works as soon as arises; that in comparison with the predecessor of the torsen, it works quieter; It is easier and more efficiently concerned with ESP stabilization systems, antibouxure TCS and anti -lock ABS; And most importantly, it allows you to flexibly redistribute the moment from 0 to 100% for each axis. All this is superfluous when you need to concentrate
Here I am in the left row, I fly under 150, spraying wet snow. The car goes like a thread, responding to the gas pedal with even acceleration and not bothering the trampho control with a blinking symbol. On the right, a long column of trucks, including the Various Audi A6; Confidently, I continue to darken the track in the porridge to the left of them. What did we say about Haldex there?
Snow Ford!
Autoban is behind. A crazy thought creeps on the local landtrasse: why is there a four -wheel drive? On slippery coating and the front behaves almost the same: the Passat is well controlled on the asphalt with snow and ice, delicately crunched by the stabilization system on unpleasant turns.
Until I changed my mind, I turn into some adjacent track that goes into the fields at right angles to the road. After 20 meters, the traces disappear as if it floats in the snow, under which, I hope, in the immediate vicinity of the asphalt. Yes, the owner of the farm, where this path leads, is simply necessary. Such as the Passat, albeit with a small road clearance, but a good supply of cross -country ability thanks to a powerful motor and a 4x4 formula. Going back, slow down in front of the intersection and glide almost to the ABS chatter to the very intersection. Is the Passat accelerated here in the rise here? And here is the reckoning: the arrow of the fuel pointer approached 3/4 mark that the flow rate is not less than 15 l/100 km. Oats for a 250-headed herd are expensive.
However, here are real trials: under increasing snow, we climb into the hills, where we are promised a special highway and even extreme riding with a trailer. By the way, this station wagon is able to tow up to 2.2 tons! When, having thanked the four -wheel drive more than once and overtaking a lot of fellow travelers (many stopped and put on the wheels of the chain), we arrive up, the snow is already falling with a wall. Alas, the trailer is on the sidelines, and the track is trying to clear the track. In vain: on the very first circle, cars fly out of the trajectory and hang on the parapet. Today the weather is not for them, here would be a Tuarean!
The snow was even larger, and in the middle of the next pulling rise cheerfully, the partner, who was cheerful in front of Peugeot, stops helplessly. We still have complete freedom of maneuver: a little back, carefully forward, and now the DSG assault rifle is already grooves upwards. By the way, only this box with two clutches (differs with extremely quick switching) with the flagship motor offers it, it is with it, the engineers assure, the power of the V6 motor is best realized. Although, I suppose, some of the customers have made fun of the good old mechanics, when the power of 250 horsepower, it seems, you feel the palm that wrapped the lever.
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I liked the new Passat 4Motion. So much so that I wanted to take a cold shower in the form of a price list: the prices of Volkswagenes, you know, are sobering. But still, a traditional reproach for a folk car in high cost will not sound. Passat has a few competitors for the same money; Analogs, as a rule, are either noticeably smaller, or much more.
Volkswagen Passat 4Motion in complex weather conditions so good that you begin to suspect yourself of addiction.
+ Excellent dynamics, good handling, commendable behavior in bad weather conditions, roomy salon and trunk.
- The only variant of the transmission with the flagship engine is a considerable fuel consumption.
Volkswagen Passat 4Motion
The all-wheel drive version of the sixth generation of the passats is presented in February 2006.
Body sedan or station wagon (option).
Engines: gasoline 2.0 and 3.2 liters (150 and 250 hp), diesel 2.0 liters (140 hp).
Gearboxes: 6-speed mechanical or automatic DSG; The transmission is all -wheel drive.
Complete: Trendline, Comfortline, Highline.
Price: $ 32 31154 472.
Test car: station wagon, 3.2 l, 250 hp, DSG box, Comfortline equipment, $ 50,760.
 
Anton Chuykin
 
 

 
 

Source: The magazine "Driving"