The 2008 VW Passat delivers excellent safety features, sporty performance and an upscale interior for its class, but spotty reliability history is a concern, as is its high pricetag.

What gas does a 2008 Volkswagen Passat take?

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EPA MPGPremium Gasoline 22 combined city/highway MPG 19 city 28 highway 4.5 gals/100 miles
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How much horsepower does a 2008 Volkswagen Passat have?

200 to 280 hp
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Is 2008 Passat all wheel drive?

The 2008 Volkswagen Passat is a midsize car available as a sedan or wagon. Both body styles come in Turbo, Komfort, Lux and VR6 trim levels. Passat VR6 sedans can be purchased in front-wheel-drive or 4Motion all-wheel-drive configuration; 4Motion is standard on the VR6 wagon.

What kind of car is the 2008 Volkswagen Passat?

The 2008 Volkswagen Passat competes with the top-of-the-line Accord and Camry models, along with such sporty sedans as Nissan’s Maxima. Loaded with features – some unavailable on the competition – and offered in both sedan and wagon forms, the Passat continues to be an affordable way to enjoy true German engineering without breaking the bank.

Is the Volkswagen Passat a good family car?

The roomy Passat range makes great family cars. That’s a comparison to flatter the latter, that most anodyne of family cars, and one to richly annoy the Volkswagen customer who has, after all, spent as much as $14,000 more.

Does the VW Passat have a turbo?

Like the latest Golf variant tested here recently, the Passat comes with the newly tweaked 125kW/350Nm edition of the the VW groups’s two-litre turbo diesel workhorse, although the standard 103kW/320Nm mill continues in the entry-level Passat.