When it comes to the most low-profile model in the Volkswagen family, many people may think of Phaeton, in fact, Volkswagen has a more niche luxury model, that is, the 8-cylinder Passat.
Some people may have met this 8-cylinder Passat, but did not notice its special features, because it is almost the same as the appearance of ordinary Passat, except that there is a W8 logo on the middle net, which is the identity logo of the Passat W8.
This Passat B5+ (commonly known as the fifth generation and a half) is equipped with a 4.0L W8 engine, 275 horsepower, and is equipped with a 4 Motion four-wheel drive system, which is said to have landed more than a decade ago to 70W+, which is very rare in China, which is really low-key!
Passat W8 is from September 2001 to September 2004 production of cars, the real introduction of domestic only 10 units, in 2001 that will, shanghai first-hand house average price is 3500 pieces per square meter, the car at that time 70W+ price can be said to be very luxurious.
As a "special" Passat, the W8 does not have very prominent features in appearance, in addition to the W8 logo on the middle network, the overall even appears to be somewhat "unremarkable", but this is a real luxury car, its most prominent advantage is in the power.
This car is equipped with an 8-cylinder engine with the special logo of "W8", although it only has 275 horsepower, but with the blessing of the 6-speed automatic transmission and the 4-Motion four-wheel drive system, the acceleration of 0-100 km/h is only 6.4 seconds, which is a very good result for the B-class car more than a decade ago.
In terms of interior, the W8 as a whole is no different from the ordinary Passat, it is the consistent style of Volkswagen, the difference is the dashboard, the W8 Passat's speedometer is marked to 300 per hour, and the driver's seat has a memory function.
The W8 Passat's front and rear seats are made of leather, and the interior is also good, with a length, width and height of 4703/1746/1461 mm and a wheelbase of 2702 mm.
The rear of the car is labeled with a 4 MOTION (four-wheel drive system), which was already advanced.
But in general, in addition to the taillight changes and four exhaust pipes, this 700,000-plus Passat is too low-key, coupled with the high price, this car can be said to be very low-key in China, little known existence.