We drove the well-equipped, $31,715 SEL Premium automatic. Although the Passat is a couple of hundred extra pounds heavier than the Jetta, the 1.8-liter turbo’s 170 hp plus 184 lb-ft of torque shift the middle - size sedan well sufficient, using something around half-throttle summoning a turbine designed for duty. Showing is the torque curve of the 1.8T, that rises speedily with mesa from 1500 revoltions per minute into close the 6200- rpm horsepower peak. Difference that on the highs and valleys of the outgoing 2.5L five-cylinder, that proffers it's 177 lb-ft of max torque in a reasonably rev-happy 4250 as well as 170 hp maximum at 5700, creating the tighten nice stain.
A fuel - economy - improved calibration of the six- speed torque- converter automatic keeps a Passat from low revs on the top gears when cruising, when there’s much less rumbly powertrain noise than in a Jetta 1.8T we recently driven. We’ll feature which to far more noise isolating plus the fact that a engine does not stay at 1200 revoltions per minute lengthy when street load raises. Rise also a small level or scarcely breathe in the accelerator, and a automatic transmission downshifts, removing a rumbling noise. Certainly, you should use your own gearbox programming through tipping through the gears physically or even simply by deciding on the Passat using a five -speed manual-yes, the vehicle is still obtainable with a stick even after a 1.8T accomplishes it's slide over the selection.

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