W8 Passat's active safety systems also include Volkswagen electronic stability program (ESP) ... while the rear sees a torsion beam trailing arm axle with coil springs.

Read this 2003 Volkswagen Passat W8 Long-Term road test review from the the auto experts ... as are the Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) system, anti-intrusion side-impact beams, ...

T he 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 Passat W8 won’t go on sale in the States until early summer next year, but the price of the sedan will most likely start around $40,000, and just 2500 cars (2000 sedans, 500 wagons) of the ...

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 ...

The W8's 2004 base price is $40,735, including a $575 destination charge. Unless Volkswagen decides to revive the controversial engine as an option in the next-generation Passat due next year, ...

This Passat W8 wagon looks to be in good condition with 115,000 miles on its odometer. Of course, anyone getting into a Passat W8 should know what they're getting into before purchasing.

The W8 did indeed manage to get to 62 in under four seconds, but nobody has ever taken it above 218mph. That's still a very big number of course, but you can't help but wonder what would've ...