Do you want a station wagon with eight-cylinders and a manual transmission, but find the Cadillac CTS-V Wagon far too common? Then this Volkswagen Passat W8 Wagon is possibly the car for you. As one ...

The Passat is an extremely important product for Volkswagen – on the other side of the pond, that is, as it disappeared from their North American family for good. And if you haven't heard, there is an ...

Volkswagen hasn't sold a Passat in the U.S. since the 2022 model year but the nameplate lives in other markets, albeit on a sedan and wagon unrelated to the model that was sold here. Now a new ...

But this isn’t a VW trait, it’s a Skoda thing, and its presence re-emphasises that the latter engineered the Passat for the former. The Czech manufacturer labels such solutions to everyday problems as ...

Like crows and bass, human beings are attracted to shiny things. (How else could one explain the continued popularity of Las Vegas?) Why humans are transfixed by shininess, we do not know. It's either ...

Offered as a station wagon only, the new generation Volkswagen Passat is a forbidden fruit in North America, but over in Europe, the company is accepting orders for it. The brand's UK division has ...

So much of driving is now ceded to the bland dictatorship of computers that when an eight-cylinder sedan suddenly sprouts a manual gear shifter and third pedal, we sit up and start scribbling. Even ...

Volkswagen has been spotted testing a prototype for a redesigned Passat. It's due out later this year and is expected to be offered exclusively in wagon form, which VW refers to as a Variant. Don't ...

Where does that leave a lightly freshened Passat? During our recent test drive, we discovered some of this German sedan’s longstanding plus points. In the process, several issues surfaced that show ...

Updates to the 2016 Passat bring a wealth of new tech features to VW's family sedan, but conservative styling holds it back from standing out in the competitive midsize segment. Jon Wong Former editor ...