The early 2000s were packed with performance cars, but few looked as plain, yet went as hard, as the 2001 Volkswagen Passat W8. To most people, it was just a sensible German sedan or wagon ...

The Vector W8 is a supercar with record-breaking performance, but why was it also considered among the most expensive car failures in automotive history? If you haven't heard of American automaker ...

At the front, the W8 Passat features a four-link axle with spring/damper units, while the rear sees a torsion beam trailing arm axle with coil springs.

The Volkswagen Passat W8 was a weird car when it was first introduced, and it’s even weirder now that most of the W8 Passats have either grenaded themselves or became too expensive to maintain ...

The Volkswagen Passat W8 has an infamously unreliable eight-cylinder engine that even seasoned mechanics won’t touch. One Volkswagen expert and YouTuber is tearing down one of these scary ...

Read this 2003 Volkswagen Passat W8 Long-Term road test review from the the auto experts at European Car Magazine ...

The Vector W8 was a remarkable supercar, powered by a big V8 twin-turbo engine and with less than 20 produced its one of the rarest to ever exist.

Do you want a station wagon with eight-cylinders and a manual transmission, but find the Cadillac CTS-V Wagon far too common? Then t his Volkswagen Passat W8 Wagon is possibly the car for you. As ...

Opinion Opinion: the Vector W8 was a failure… but here’s why we still like it America’s big dreamer was a speed freak, and 35 years on, still looks the absolute business ...

The first Vector W8 Twin Turbo has surfaced The car's for sale and bears a Chase #001 build plate Jerry Wiegert, founder and CEO of Vector Aeromotive died in 2021 Bring a Trailer is auctioning off ...

MUNICH, Germany --The W-8 engine configuration may be dead. Volkswagen AG has stopped producing the Passat W8 model because of slow sales, says CEO Bernd Pischetsrieder. It was the only vehicle to ...

The W8 has a special ignition sequence alternating between the left bank and right bank, like a Formula One racing engine. "We sought the firing order similar to that of a Ferrari, but completely ...