2. If you happen to be in the hunt for a
perfect family car, then you might just be
missing big time on a Volkswagen Passat.
Even a used Volkswagen Passat is a very
good choice. Start browsing and you'd find
dozens of Volkswagen Passat cars on sale
online, and you will find the same in the
local car shops too. If you think buying a
brand new car with lot of budget is not
your cup of tea, then you can go ahead and
buy the used Volkswagen Passat.
3. A Brief History
Passat is a car manufactured by the
Volkswagen Group, and it happens to be a
complete family car for the family use.
'Passat' in German means, Tradewind.
Volkswagen usually names its cars with the
names of the winds; and same is true with
the Passat car. Volkswagen Passat was first
rolled out in the year 1973, and since then
there have been more than six models. The
recent version of Passat which was rolled
out was the Volkswagen Passat CC, and it
happens to be a coupe car.
4. During the 90s, the sedans were the best
selling type of cars. People had a craze
towards the sedans than compared to any
other ones. It was during this time, that
Volkswagen released the 412, 411 and the
Type 3 cars, and all of them failed
miserably in the market. Volkswagen decided
to team up with another car maker; Audi and
designed the Volkswagen Passat, with front
wheel drive and a water cooled engine. Since
the launch of Passat, Volkswagen has gained
a new market.
5. The first model of Passat that was released
in the year 1973 was the MK1. This version
completely looked like a sedan, with two
front doors and two back doors. This models
is actually very closely related to Audi 80
series with regard to its design. In
fifth avenue autohaus calgary you can find
many models VW. This car had 4 speed
manual gears and an engine that had 1.6
liter capacity, and the tank could
accommodate 46 liter of fuel. MK1's
production was stopped in the year 1981.
6. MK1 was followed by the MK2 and that was
brought to market in the year 1981. A few
things that were changed in this version was,
the headlight of the car. In MK2, Volkswagen
used rectangular headlight, compared to the
round head lights of MK1. MK2 was little
longer than MK1 in length. Volkswagen also
released a 4 wheel drive of this car which
had an engine capacity of 2.2 liter and had
transmission with 5 and 4 speed manual.
