2015 TDI SEL with 6 speed?

Anyone know if next year's TDI SEL will be available here in the US with the 6 speed manual? Seems like only Canada gets the 6 speed on the TDI SEL.
Anyone know? Thanks.
Peter

I have no idea, although I think it will be unlikely that VWoA will pair the SEL trim with the 6-speed manual.

doubtful. vwoa historically has not offered the manual with upper trim levels, in any model.

i take that back. the only way that seems to happen is with the jetta (golf) sport wagen. you can get an upper trim level (sunroof and nav) with a 6mt if you order a tdi. if you want a gasser the only way to get a stick is the s trim level and then it is a 5mt.

That would be so nice!!!!

damn. i did some more checking and found that the jetta sedan also comes with a 6mt in the upper trim level tdi. and a 5mt for most of the gasser trims (except the highest). of course the gli comes with a mt option too.

passat gets no love from vwoa!

I would want one, but I'm not hopeful in the least.

My dad has a B5.5 Passat top of the line GLS, with a 5 speed manual. So they used to offer the combo, but somehow recently decided Americans are too lazy or uncoordinated to want to shift, or control, the car on their own.

Yet humans in other parts of the world are more capable to handle the act of actual driving, using brain matter input and their left foot.

It also baffles me as to why VW thinks people (Americans) who do choose to shift their own, also would not want to have extras like maybe a sunroof, or the safety of Bi-xenon headlights, in a full size sedan. At least as an option.

Driver_found said:

My dad has a B5.5 Passat top of the line GLS, with a 5 speed manual. So they used to offer the combo, but somehow recently decided Americans are too lazy or uncoordinated to want to shift, or control, the car on their own.

Yet humans in other parts of the world are more capable to handle the act of actual driving, using brain matter input and their left foot.

It also baffles me as to why VW thinks people (Americans) who do choose to shift their own, also would not want to have extras like maybe a sunroof, or the safety of Bi-xenon headlights, in a full size sedan. At least as an option.

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One would hope that they analyzed sales trends before reaching that decision.

My previous Passat was a 2002 GLX with a 5 speed manual. The GLX is the fully loaded model..or was in that year.

VeeDubTDI said:

One would hope that they analyzed sales trends before reaching that decision.

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It's obvious that people who drive stick only buy cars with the base trim level.

Yes, and they'll also bring back the Passat wagon. And this administration will balance the budget.

Scottie3000 said:

It's obvious that people who drive stick only buy cars with the base trim level.

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Yup. Because that is all that is offered.

Ummmm...is the 2015 with the new EA288 even going to have a manual transmission option at all?

Driver_found said:

Yup. Because that is all that is offered.

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Exactly!

Driver_found said:

My dad has a B5.5 Passat top of the line GLS, with a 5 speed manual. So they used to offer the combo, but somehow recently decided Americans are too lazy or uncoordinated to want to shift, or control, the car on their own.

Yet humans in other parts of the world are more capable to handle the act of actual driving, using brain matter input and their left foot.

It also baffles me as to why VW thinks people (Americans) who do choose to shift their own, also would not want to have extras like maybe a sunroof, or the safety of Bi-xenon headlights, in a full size sedan. At least as an option.

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The GLX also had a manual option. However, the W8 did not.
If you look at the current Audi and BMW offerings, manuals have all but disappeared.

tdireader said:

The GLX also had a manual option. However, the W8 did not.
If you look at the current Audi and BMW offerings, manuals have all but disappeared.

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The W8 most certainly did have a manual option.

http://www.passatworld.com/forums/1...-passat-w8-wagon-4-motion-6-speed-manual.html
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5928855-03-W8-6-Speed-Sport-Wagon-105K-10K

tdireader said:

The GLX also had a manual option. However, the W8 did not.
If you look at the current Audi and BMW offerings, manuals have all but disappeared.

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Yep, and when I tried to trade in my manual GLX I was told by multiple dealerships that my trade in value was actually less since nobody in the Metro Detroit area wanted a manual transmission car.

BMW 2, 3, 4, some 5, some 6 offer manuals as a no cost option. Or an auto transmission delete, if you prefer to call it that. Audi and M-B have walked away from manuals almost completely. What surprises me is you can't buy a manual transmission TT any longer.

1998redwagon said:

i take that back. the only way that seems to happen is with the jetta (golf) sport wagen. you can get an upper trim level (sunroof and nav) with a 6mt if you order a tdi. if you want a gasser the only way to get a stick is the s trim level and then it is a 5mt.

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Interesting point... Maybe it is because the Golf Variant (JSW) is made in the Puebla plant serving lots of markets from there, and those other markets demand the 6MT. It doesn't cost anything to "add" this for US customers (they just put the Jetta badge on it for us-which itself is just weird).

No problem ordering a high end Highline Passat with 6MT 2.0 TDI in Spain/Europe (and bluemotion, and R, and the variant TDI with 6MT), but those don't come from Chattanooga. Oddly, only gasser Passat appears to be available in Mexico.

Chattanooga plant serves America and Canada, but maybe not Mexico (apparently not Passat TDI, anyway). I guess it would take a dedicately assembly line to make the SEL in 6MT, or costs too much to alternate production on a given line. I wonder where Mexican Passats are made?

You can get a Passat Highline with a manual in Canada.

IndigoBlueWagon said:

You can get a Passat Highline with a manual in Canada.

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... and they are made in Tennessee! Nuts.

I would have gotten (paid for) a sunroof with my 6MT if I could (ahem...Volkswagen).

But given the choice, it had to be the 6MT. So I spent less money on my Volkswagen.

Anyone know if there are any changes to the 2015 NMS? More content, less content, better front seats etc.?