Amazing Passat W8 vs Corvette ZO6 Video

Passat sold 331,414 which was +28.3% in Europe in 2006. It's only getting more popular. The US is NOT the world, only a small part of the world. The world thinks of Corvettes like it thinks of Jerry Springer. Name any country where the Corvette sold close to that.

Japanese cars like Toyotas are fine cars. Especially the Lexus LS600H. Now American cars are trash compared to European or Japanese cars.

Well 0, but the Passat R36 is sort of a psuedo replacement for the Passat W8 but it's a milder tamer version. A 174 MPH 8 cylinder Midsize Family Sedan was just too much for the American consumer to handle but it was perfect for the German Consumer. If the Highways in the US didn't suck and were as good as the Autobahn, then the W8 would have been way more popular in the US. VW just loves the W series cars from the W8 all the way to the W16 in the Bugatti Veyron so the W8 will eventually make a return even if it's not in a Passat but an Audi, Lamborghini, or even a Bentley.

:>Japanese cars like Toyotas are fine cars. Especially the Lexus LS600H. :>Now American cars are trash compared to European or Japanese cars. :>

All this bombastic bluster and I have to ask Sal, what car(s) do you own and drive? And I mean real cars, not VR cars on some dorky video game.

:>What are you talking about? Passats have the MOST horsepower in their :>class.

That may be true Sal but a Passat is outclassed by a Corvette every time.

:>Yeah, Passats get crappy gas milage. OH WAIT, the 2008 Passat TDI :>thanks to Variable turbine geometry helps increase power without :>sacrificing efficiency, resulting in the BEST FUEL ECONOMY of ANY :>3500lbs+ car IN THE WORLD.

So you claim. Got a cite with the mileage stats?

:>So much for your stupid opinion.

Getting defensive, Sal?

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:53:38 -0700, Sal wrote something wonderfully witty:

So what? That still doesn't mean that Corvettes are their competition.

Oh, really, what's the fuel economy of a Corvette? What's the Corvette's Drag Coefficient? What's the reliability record of a Corvette compared to a Passat according to consumer reports? What kind of crash test results does it have? Did the Corvette have the 3rd lowest death rate among 200 popular cars compared by the IIHS like the Passat did? What kind of top speed to horsepower ratio do Corvettes have compared to Passats? What kind of ego emmisions do Corvettes put out?

What car do *you* own Sal? What car do *you* drive Sal?

:>Oh, really, what's the fuel economy of a Corvette? What's the :>Corvette's Drag Coefficient? What's the reliability record of a :>Corvette compared to a Passat according to consumer reports? What kind :>of crash test results does it have? :>Did the Corvette have the 3rd lowest death rate among 200 popular cars :>compared by the IIHS like the Passat did? :>What kind of top speed to horsepower ratio do Corvettes have compared :>to Passats? :>What kind of ego emmisions do Corvettes put out? :>

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:>On Jul 14, 1:56 pm, Sarah Czepiel wrote: :>> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:53:38 -0700, Sal :>> wrote: :>>

:>> :>What are you talking about? Passats have the MOST horsepower in their :>> :>class. :>>

:>> That may be true Sal but a Passat is outclassed by a Corvette every :>> time. :>

:>The European version of the Passat TDI is listed at 44 MPG highway

No where in the cite given does it list the Volkswagen Passat 2.0 TDI

170 DPF SEL (Diesel) at 44 mpg. What it does say is " The Passat is not a particularly entertaining car to drive, but it's capable ..."

Not particularly entertaining to drive......capable.......

Stick to your GT4 racing, poser. :)

and :>that's way better than the Camry and Accord Gasoline Electric Hybrids, :>and lightyears beyond primitive American cars like the Fusion and :>Malibu. :>The Germans are just technologically way more advanced than the :>Americans. :>They made the first jet aircraft, they made the first ballistic :>missile, and they made the Mclaren F1's engine back WELL WELL over a :>decade ago and yet it's superior to any production American engine :>even to this day. :>

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:>On Jul 14, 2:00 pm, Sarah Czepiel wrote: :>> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:00:38 -0700, Sal :>> wrote: :>>

:>> :>Yeah, Passats get crappy gas milage. OH WAIT, the 2008 Passat TDI :>> :>thanks to Variable turbine geometry helps increase power without :>> :>sacrificing efficiency, resulting in the BEST FUEL ECONOMY of ANY :>> :>3500lbs+ car IN THE WORLD. :>>

:>> So you claim. Got a cite with the mileage stats? :>>

:>> :>So much for your stupid opinion. :>>

:>> Getting defensive, Sal? :>

Getting real from the top of the thread:

Having sired kids that drove Beetles, a Golf and a GTI I've been around the VW hype.

Now I see that generation of folk inside their Passats as daily drivers. I don't see VWs cars going really fast--like in open road events.

If these things are so damn fast, why aren't the guys/gals who like to go fast buying them and driving them?

Just for grins, I looked back over the last 5 years of Nevada open-road speed challenges. Lots of finishers each year. Plenty of Corvettes, Porsches & Vipers. Fair representation of Panteras, Lamborghini's and Ferraris -- some BMWs and an occasional Audi or Mercedes. But, for the most part, the products of the much vaunted VW engineering stay home. When they do appear, it's only in the lower speed classes. Perhaps scared off by the presence of GM cars like a Cadillac CTS-V or a 1965 Corvair.

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One lonely VW, a Golf R32, finished in the

2004 and 2005 events. (115 mph and 125 mph respectively.) No VW appearance in 2006.

Where are the rest of those hot VW products?

-- home in the garage, avoiding sunburn and the rigors of open road at speeds above 140 mph.

So Sal, when you buy your VW, make a post here -- I'll meet you in Ely. Blue C5 -- briefly view the gold plating around the exhaust tips!

Meanwhile, for the folk over in the vw.watercooled group. Don't be 'fraid--come on out and play. See y'all in Ely--2008!

-- pj

It's a VW, although I never drive it this fast.

Great, now that we've got that nailed down:

Install a full cage, window net, some harnesses and descent tires. Buy a fire extinguisher & helmet and, get it on.

-- pj

I don't drive that fast, it's my friend who drove his VDUB that fast on the track.

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:52:14 -0700, Sal wrote something wonderfully witty:

Who the hell cares? What's the pussy getting ratio on a Pissant? What about its poontang Coefficient? So it is transportation, BFD, so is just about anything else. Still ain't a Corvette.

Even if it's death rate is the third lowest, it had to be from sheer freakin boredom.

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:38:44 -0700, Sal wrote something wonderfully witty:

Hey isn't that the photo from some guy's purple corvette?

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:38:44 -0700, Sal wrote something wonderfully witty:

Then why do you own it? Pedal a bike.