{"id":1220,"date":"2016-03-24T07:07:04","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T07:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2019-05-27T08:17:47","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T07:17:47","slug":"what-do-you-think-of-a-volkswagen-passat-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/what-do-you-think-of-a-volkswagen-passat-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"What do You Think of a Volkswagen Passat Estate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\"><\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/what-do-you-think-of-a-volkswagen-passat-estate\/#If_it_aint_broke_dont_repair_it_Thats_the_tune_for_the_new_Volkswagen_Passat_estate\" >If it ain\u2019t broke, don\u2019t repair it. That\u2019s the tune for the new Volkswagen Passat estate<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/what-do-you-think-of-a-volkswagen-passat-estate\/#The_One_to_Buy\" >The One to Buy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/what-do-you-think-of-a-volkswagen-passat-estate\/#Excessive-power_BiTDI_diesel\" >Excessive-power BiTDI diesel<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"If_it_aint_broke_dont_repair_it_Thats_the_tune_for_the_new_Volkswagen_Passat_estate\"><\/span>If it ain\u2019t broke, don\u2019t repair it. That\u2019s the tune for the new Volkswagen Passat estate<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Whilst there\u2019s no dramatic styling change over the earlier version of this tremendously well-known model (which out-sells its Saloon counterpart), this new Passat is each bit equipped with it needs to be to tackle the likes of the Ford Mondeo estate, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/mazda-6-2015-influenced-by-kodo-design\/\">Mazda 6<\/a><\/strong> estate and the Vauxhall Insignia sport Tourer.<\/p>\n<p>The price has gone up a bit, but so has the fine interior, performance, handling and the quantity of package on offer at every trim it offers. Not to mention the savings you\u2019ll make in both fuel and tax.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s still the perfect shutting cruiser as it always was &#8211;\u00a0pre dominantly comfy on the move, quiet, refined and reasonably low cost to run. For those factors, \u00a0VW is expecting 80 percent of those cars to go to fleet drivers, but in the event you\u2019re watching for a loved one\u2019s car then it\u2019ll do that job brilliantly too. Volkswagen Passat estate efficiency hail from the courtesy of a variety of diesel engines. There aren&#8217;t any petrol engines for the UK market, although a petrol and electrical hybrid GTE version a projected.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_One_to_Buy\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The One to Buy<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Which you can have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/model?car=new-vw-passatdiesel-engine&amp;model_id=31362&amp;e_size=2.0\"><strong>2.0-litre TDI engine<\/strong><\/a> in two outputs: 148bhp and 340Nm or 188bhp and 400Nm. The former covers 0-62mph in 8.9 seconds, and is anticipated to make up the enormous majority (as much as eighty percent) of sales within the UK.<\/p>\n<p>We are able to see why, too. It\u2019s because by and far away the excellent compromise between efficiency and running costs. Sure, it\u2019s slightly noisy when you push it hard, but that\u2019s much less of a grumble about the engine and more a compliment in regards to the Passat\u2019s first-rate cabin insulation and aerodynamics; there easily isn\u2019t any wind or road noise to worry about. You can have both six-speed manual or automatic gearboxes, the higher-powered version 1mph faster in terms of its 136mph high speed.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Excessive-power_BiTDI_diesel\"><\/span>Excessive-power BiTDI diesel<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>At the top of the engine, \u00a0range sits the 2.0-litre BiTDI engine, which is simplest available with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volkswagen.co.uk\/technology\/glossary\/dual-clutch-gearbox-dsg\"><strong>seven-speed automatic gearbox<\/strong><\/a> and four-wheel power. This one will get 238bhp and 500Nm, because of this a sprint from zero-62mph in 6.3 seconds and a top speed of 149mph.<\/p>\n<p>On the road, this engine does consider powerful, however under no circumstances, exciting. We\u2019re not entirely convinced that the paddles behind the steering wheel are of a lot use to many drivers, and it needs to be mentioned that striking sport looks strange.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If it ain\u2019t broke, don\u2019t repair it. That\u2019s the tune for the new Volkswagen Passat estate Whilst there\u2019s no dramatic styling change over the earlier version of this tremendously well-known model (which out-sells its Saloon counterpart), this new Passat is each bit equipped with it needs to be to tackle the likes of the Ford [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,81,17],"tags":[402,405,404,400,399,401,72,403],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1220"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2090,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220\/revisions\/2090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enginecompare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}