VW Passat W8 W8 engine is under the hood (with rows of interlocking cylinders) 4-liter that produce

I thought cre to start a small series of presentation of rare cars. From time to time, remembering some great cars that entered cre the market in a reduced production and then disappeared, whether successful or not. I hope you enjoy, even if we do not talk about who knows what rarities cre from the '60s classic, but on modern cars, but you rarely see them on the streets now. Machines that many of you have heard, but that probably you have forgotten. I'll remind them.
Today, however, to remember the Passat W8, Volkswagen. cre A pretty rare car. I do not know how many are in Romania, I saw one a few years ago on the street. Both. The engine was mounted on the Passat W8's cre now two generations, and some say that the Germans have a try for a deluxe version of the Passat, and that VW has used this model to test W engine cre technology.
The car was well received by the public. Who would have about 50,000 euros on a Passat, be it with eight cylinders when the kind of money there are so many alternatives to premium builders! Have been made about several tens of thousands of copies and that's it, little production volume cre of that generation Passat.
VW Passat W8 W8 engine is under the hood (with rows of interlocking cylinders) 4-liter that produces 275 CP/6.000 rpm and 370 rpm Nm/2.750. Less efficient by today's standards, ensure propeller at the time (between 2002 and 2004 when it was produced this version) good performance, cre with 4Motion all-wheel drive. W8 Passat accelerates from 0-100 km / h in 6.5 seconds cre and reaches 250 km / h, in the version with manual transmission, 6-speed. He was also offered Tiptronic box, but slower, with a time of 7.2 seconds for acceleration 0-100 km / h
Consumption was astronomical standards V8 engine today. The car had an official fuel consumption of 19.3 litres/100 km in the city, so in reality cre it was about 22 litres/100 km, the average consumption is rated at 13.1 litres/100 km.
What is surprising is that VW has insisted with who knows what exterior kit for this version. Except for the inscription on the trunk of the 4 exhaust pipes and some very discreet chrome trim, you could not have other Passat car to distinguish sites with normal cre engines, much smaller. I forgot to say, Passat W8 was produced cre in both sedan and station wagon version. So if you have about 230 hp under the hood and you can not handle an old Passat wagon, know just what might have under the hood
Those who constantly read me, you know I'm not at all a fan of the Passat and probably wondering why I wrote about this car ... Simple, I like cars a little more rare and special. They have a charm for me. I still do not like the Passat, but if I see a W8's why, I'd love to watch him closely. Especially with so many cylinder Passat is only because they do not think they will make one. Today, when downsize is fashionable engines increasingly cre smaller turbo, VW will not put a V8 under the hood of a Passat.
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Dane, as you mention discussion rarest cars of our time (I would say rare engine) and in this case the vw, let me tell you a intamplre (and not only points) more than three years ago, worked as driver to a distribution company and one day I distributed the goods in Galati. Anyway, I was at the store where he had to leave the stuff, but I had to go on a street behind the store, as there have warehouse and had to download. When I went on the street, hop a Touareg "parked" give curmezisu 'the middle of the road in front of a ... huge palace. I honked, thinking that someone was out to relocate "mastodon" in the middle of the road when, "SURPRISE!" Comes a sauroaica "haorde cre mou" and I motion to move his car so I can go and I After entering the yard and called the big bear, when I saw brothers ... believe cre me, that was great Touareg, yes what a gypsy was that never ends! Finally, go down and ask him to move his car so I could get to his neighbors to leave the goods at the warehouse. Initially, I noticed, I said it a Touareg as all the other (black black windows, alloy wheels 22, with rollbar, etc.) is, but when the started, I said something 's wrong with this car, so simply, I've never left the place up when he moved Ursari car, have a strange sound, as I have not heard from any another car. When I looked behind her, I saw that it was engraved "W 18"! Then I realized that actually have sensational moto