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Universals in Russia do not complain. If they love, then Platonic - admire, admire, but, having at their disposal the right amount, as a rule, buy a sedan or crossover. Kolesa.ru are looking for light sides in the station wagons using the example of a five -door Volkswagen Passat, not forgetting to note the shortcomings.

If you calculate all the station wagons not represented in Russia, there are no fingers. We recently talked about the most affordable of those that are still sold.

In English, the term station wagon means Estate. But manufacturers often come up with brighter names for them. For example, Break (Renault), Variant (Volkswagen), Avant (Audi), SW (KIA), Tourer (Honda), Wagon (Mazda), Combi (Skoda), Caravan, SportStourer (Opel), ST (Seat), Touring (BMW).

The Volkswagen Passat station wagon (as, indeed, a four-seater body) looks strict, stylish, dynamic and, believe me, this is not a copied phrase from a press release. In my opinion, the barn, in principle, cannot be beautiful, but all of the aforementioned epithets are quite applicable to it. This is not to spoil the type of parking in front of a small townhouse or a prestigious sports club, but also to leave the Passat in dirty jeans and torn sneakers not comme il faut.

Owners of previous generations of Volkswagen Passat (and not only Variant) are well aware that this family of cars cannot be blamed for lack of space. Volkswagen did not violate traditions in one more: Passat is no less convenient than his ancestor, mainly by the location and informativeness of the governing bodies. A dozen buttons on the steering wheel are marked with clear pictogram icons that will not let them be confused: the left micropult is responsible for managing the phone, the right side computer. Climate control blocks and audio systems are visually separated by the Torpedo relief and will also not cause confusion. There is not enough information about the functions only on two identical volume twists and manual frequency adjustment. But, frankly, remembering where which is not difficult.

The trunk with a decomposed rear sofa seems huge. The disadvantage of it can only be called the fact that the back trinity of the headrests is not completely removed and does not allow to give the back of the sofa an even horizontal position. However, this does not deprive the possibility of transporting a refrigerator or washing machine to Passat Variant, especially since the sizes of the luggage opening are very suitable for this: 72x103 cm (height x width).

On the other hand, I suspect that many car owners like Volkswagen Passat Variant will rather resort to delivery service at a store or professional cargo carriers. Therefore, throw out centimeters and refrigerators from my head I move to the most interesting.

On paper, a 152-horsepower turbo engine with a volume of 1.8 liters cannot be called the most impressive in the classroom. Nine seconds to 100 km/h Porsche can not be overtaken from a traffic light. But the Passat driver will not feel deprived, because the peculiarity of the TSI engine is that the maximum torque is almost immediately after idle revolutions and lasts until 4,200 rpm. It is worth clicking on the gas pedal, and the smart DSG automatic machine will instantly click the right clutch (two of them), the motor will greatly push you forward even from a place, at least from cruising speeds on the highway. Like most modern engines, 1.8 TSI with a DSG box is configured to effective fuel waste. It is worth loosening the pressure on the right pedal, as electronics decides that the driver is in no hurry and will quickly turn on the highest transmission. To save the machine from incorrect conclusions, a sports regime is provided in the box, the inclusion of which gives the engine and transmission to understand: we are late! The tachometer began to exceed 6,000 revolutions more willingly, and the box is looking for the slightest reason to stay in the program and not go up. And all this is accompanied by the sound in a different sounding muffler, it seems that the sound has become lower, more sonorous and rolling.

Otherwise, I did not have any complaints about the station wagon. The sound insulation of Passat Variant is excellent, the brakes worked properly. It is better to use them in front of the pits and lying policemen, but if you didn’t have time to shock absorbers, but the suspension is hard to work out. But the road clearance of 135 mm can limit the range on bad roads is good that the overhangs are sufficient to park, bringing a bumper over the cuts. But for off-road, Volkswagen has a different caravan of the all-wheel drive Volkswagen Passat Alltrack, raised by a 30 mm with a powerful 210-horsepower gasoline turbo engine. But this is a completely different story ...

Prices Volkswagen Passat Variant
The basic Variant Trendline costs from 980,000 rubles. Such a car is equipped with a 1.4-liter 122-horsepower engine, as well as a 7-speed DSG automatic machine or 6-speed mechanics. This attached 16-inch steel discs, air conditioning, electric drives and mirrors, ESP, audio system, 6 airbags, roof rails.

Volkswagen Passat Variant in the second configuration of Comfortline costs from 1,117,000 rubles. It is equipped with a 1.8-liter 152-horsepower engine, also with manual or automatic checkpoints. Lithuania discs, a 3-spacecraft leather multi-line, climate control, electric mirror folding, anti-theft system are added to the equipment list.

Top (not counting Alltrack) universal Highline for 1,268,000 rubles is distinguished by three available engines: a pair of gasoline (1.8TSI and 2.0TSI) with a capacity of 152 and 210 hp. and diesel (2.0 TDI), issuing 170 hp The equipment includes 17-inch wheels, the upholstery of seats with leather and alcantara, tire pressure sensors.




Competitors Volkswagen Passat Variant
As an alternative to the Passat, the Option on the Russian market is available station wagons Citroen C5, Ford Mondeo, Skoda Superb, Hyundai i40. The most affordable of them, the Frenchman, costs from 1,015,000 rubles, which are asked for a 1.6-liter gasoline turbo engine, a mechanical 6-speed checkpoint. The Ford Mondeo station wagon with a 2.0-liter 145-horsepower engine is sold for 1,033,500 rubles. The next is the basic Hyundai i40 (1,069,000 rubles) with a 2.0-liter gasoline engine, a capacity of 149.6 hp. and a 6-speed automatic. The most expensive of the four was Skoda Superb Combi, which costs 1,174,000 rubles. The car is equipped with a 1.8-liter 152-horsepower engine and automatic.
 

Source: Wheel magazine [November 2012]