BeetleGo
TDIClub Enthusiast, Pre-Forum Veteran Member
When people say that they need their SUV's for interior room, this Scoda demonstrates that it is indeed possible to have tons of space out back~! That's huge!
OOOOOOH!!! Totally agree and completely saddened by this VW decision...Nooooooooo....sob.....sob...... I'm doomed to buy a gasser if this is true. I can only hold off so long......and have been pushing the envelope in recent months.
OOOOOOH!!!
My point of view is that VERY few makers actually put out the 'ole family wagon (especially in this size and value!) and that the wagon is a legitimate and desirable alternative to both the SUV and the mini-van.
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Isn't this why the car manufacturer's have been developing "crossover" SUV's? They are smaller than the big tank and not a minivan...
Should be exactly the same amount of legroom as in the American Passat.When people say that they need their SUV's for interior room, this Scoda demonstrates that it is indeed possible to have tons of space out back~! That's huge!
I'd be interested in the B4 and I'm local to you.I can't wait to see results of road testing on that new Passat. Hopefully it will handle like a VW ant not like a Camry. If it's the case it could replace the excellent B4. Next step will be to replace the CC by an electric car before gas price hits $2.50 a liter...
If he thought a vw felt cheap god I would hate to see his reviews of subarusAccording to Dan Neil from the Wall Street Journal this morning, he thinks that VW's comments about being #1 worldwide and selling 800K units in North America is a minefield. He thought the new Passat felt like a car that would sell for $8000 less. "The styling is inert, virtually invisable. VW calls the new American Passat "accessible". I think patronizing is more like it."
Seems that he was totally unimpressed with the North American retooling.
Really!? And this guy does car reviews?....gah..sputter...I don't even know what to say to that.Dan Neil? The same Dan Neil who prefers 2-pedal Porsches because manual transmissions are "old-fashioned"?
Wow, for anyone that doesn't understand the appeal of the manual transmission, read the comments in that link.
That's the main reason I use the Tiptronic function so often. Yeah, a manual would have more fun factor, but the auto does relieve some work during heavy traffic.A bit strange, but everytime I rent or drive an automatic, I find myself critiqueing the shift points. As in I push the gas a little bit to speed up, and it downshifts. Hey, why did you do that? I just needed a little more speed!
No matter how zippy the tranny controller, it will always shift differently than I would. And that is a source of annoyance. My problem, not the car, understood.
An automatic can not see the road ahead. It only knows what is going on at the moment, and decides based on that. A driver with a manual will be able to factor the road ahead into shift decisions.
The way they are wording their press releases (for whatever that's worth ) it sounds like all three trim levels will have the engine choices, although I don't believe you'll be able to get a VR6 in S trim! It's also the show photos that have both the SE and TDI emblems on the trunk, which makes me believe (or hope!) that the TDI will come in S, SE and SEL flavors. That will (perhaps) satisify the people that want a basic level TDI as well as people like me the want all the bells and whistles.If it's anything like the Jetta, the TDI will be in SE trim (and the one at the auto show was in SEL trim,) with some options made standard, and some stuff from the SEL available.