VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT W8 (2002- 2005)大众帕萨特停用(2002年至2005年)
Some cars have a hard time justifying themselves when new but make a whole lot more sense as a used proposition.有的车很辛苦,但为其自己的新作时更感一大堆用来作为命题. The formula for such cars is well established.这种车的既定公式. They need to be slightly out of the ordinary, laden with gadgetry and looking at a keen slide down a steep depreciation curve.他们需要稍微非同寻常,由此来看,gadgetry浓厚滑下陡峭折旧曲线. Volkswagen?s Passat W8 is just such an example.福士?收盘帕萨特成膜就是这样一个例子. Although on paper it looked a well-priced new purchase, few could stomach stumping up over £30,000 for a Passat when similarly priced Mercedes, Audi and BMW models would hold their value far better.虽然在纸上看起来好新购门票、可几茬胃部超过30,000英镑的价格同样宾士当帕萨特、奥迪、宝马将举行商品型号好得多. Now that used examples are filtering onto the market, the Passat W8 makes a very interesting buy.现在,市场上使用的例子过滤,使得一个非常有趣买帕萨特停用.
HISTORY历史
The Passat was reaching increasingly upmarket with the post 2000 facelift.越来越高档的帕萨特伸手同站2000整容. Indeed the 193bhp 2.8-litre V6 4MOTION proved that Volkswagen could make inroads into premium manufacturers territory, although many industry observers reckoned it was largely cannibalising sales from sister company Audi.事实上193bhp2.8公升V6导大众4motion证明可以打进溢价厂商领土虽然许多行业观察家推测它主要由姊妹公司销售cannibalising奥迪. These were strange times at Volkswagen, however, and having saved the company, chief executive Ferdinand Piech seemed to be getting mired in the platform sharing strategy that had returned to profitability.这些奇怪时代福士,并节省公司总裁费迪南德托管似乎越来越陷于平台共享战略,已返回获利.
The Passat W8 acted as a technological showpiece and as a sweetener to soften customers up to the idea of ever more expensive Volkswagens like the subsequent Phaeton and the Porsche-developed Touareg 4x4.帕萨特停用的花瓶和充当技术作为甜味剂软化顾客多达想法更加昂贵volkswagens随后phaeton喜欢保时捷和发达阿雷格4-4. Top management didn?t expect the car to sell in big numbers and they were right on the ball in this respect.高层雾化?预计在车内卖笔大号码球,他们在这方面的权利. Available as a saloon or an estate, the W8 was a sticky seller and used buyers will have to scout around to find one in the exact trim/colour combination they?re after.或可作为球馆屋停用是一个棘手的卖方和买方须用童军大约有一个确切浪/颜色组合?再经过. Supplies of the W8 gradually dwindled as Passat production was wound back in advance of the all-new sixth generation model in 2005.停用用品的生产增速逐步缩减为帕萨特提前回伤口全国第六代新模型在2005年.
WHAT YOU GET 什么才叫 
Boasting an eight-cylinder engine, four-wheel drive and a power output of 275bhp, the Passat W8 features interior quality so good that you?d swear you were in an Audi were it not for that incongruous blue and white badge staring back at you from the steering wheel.吹牛了8缸发动机,四轮驱动,输出功率275bhp,帕萨特停用特色的室内质量好,你呢?丁发誓你一个人,如果没有奥迪却将蓝白色徽章凝视回你从方向盘. Apart from the marketing tactics, it is in fact a genuinely innovative car, the W8 engine layout being especially novel.除了营销策略,这实际上是一个真正的创新汽车,尤其是停用发动机布局新颖. Here?s how it works.这里?收盘怎样运作. Imagine a Volkswagen VR6 engine.想象福士vr6发动机. Lop a couple of cylinders off to form a VR4, the narrow-angle banks of cylinders served by a common head.下垂数瓶组成vr4对开,窄角瓶由银行共同头部. Then position another VR4 at 72 degrees to the first, all cylinders running off a common crank and bingo, you?ve got the W8.然后再定位vr472度第一,所有瓶流失的Bingo共同曲柄、你?维生素E有停用. It?s an elegant and compact engineering solution, allowing an eight-cylinder engine to fit sideways beneath the Passat?s bonnet.?典雅而紧凑的施工办法,让8缸发动机配合侧身下方帕萨特?收盘头盖. It?s a tight fit, but it works.?收盘严密配合,但工程. The beauty of this system is that it?s pretty much modular: add a few more cylinders and you get Audi?s W12 unit, add a job lot of cylinders and you end up with Bugatti?s W16.这个系统是美丽?收盘不相上下模块:补充数瓶给你奥迪?收盘了振动股加上很多工作,你落得bugatti气瓶?w16收盘. Lots of engines and minimal development costs equals plenty of happy bean counters within the Volkswagen empire.地段开发成本最小的发动机和平等很多快乐豆腐柜台内福士帝国.
That?s how the script goes anyway.为何?如何不用讲稿反正收盘. Sitting inside the Passat W8 it?s not hard to see where, engine aside, your money goes.坐在车厢的帕萨特停用?收盘不难看出,发动机不谈,你荷包. We?re used to Passat interiors and this is little different, albeit with the sum content of Volkswagen?s lengthy options list being levered into it.我们?帕萨特再利用腹地,这是多大的不同,尽管这笔内容福士?收盘长篇备选名单正在成为杠杆. Suddenly, being softened up looks an attractive option.突然,一个被软化看起来具有吸引力. Soften us up some more.美软化了些. Leather, wood and aluminium all make an appearance and even the most exigent button jabber could keep themselves amused for hours inside.皮革、所有木材和铝的外观,甚至做出最紧急按钮闲聊数小时内可以保持自己好笑. There are some Kingston sound systems with less wattage than the standard fit stereo.约有顿音响比标准少瓦立体声合适.
WHAT YOU PAY 您付出
High mileage models can be found for less than £12,000 on a 2002 51-plate, but a typical 36,000 mile example tends to retail at around £13,750.高里程模式可以发现少于12000英镑对2002年51-板块3.6万英里的一个典型例子,但零售趋向13750英镑左右. Saloons and estates are both worth around the same price but do factor in Group 18 insurance when shopping for a Passat W8.房车及旅行车都是价值约在同一价格因素,但也有购物保险集团1918年帕萨特停用. Tiptronic automatic versions are in a little more demand than manual cars.tiptronic自动版本都要求多一点,比手工车.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR 寻找什么
The Passat has forged a good reputation for reliability and never attracted the sort of owners who would drive their cars to destruction.帕萨特铸就了良好的信誉度,决不会引起那种车主驾车到破坏. The W8 engine is capable of soaking up big mileages but it does require careful attention to oil and coolant levels.该发动机具有成膜浸泡起来大哩但这需要细心注意油冷却水平. On higher mileage cars you should also check the CV joints and boots.高里程车你们也要检查美国CV接头、靴子. Aside from this, check that the power steering pump is working fine and air conditioning units are fully gas charged.除此之外,检查动力转向泵,运作良好,燃气空调机组完全落. The interiors tend to be quite hardwearing but check electrical ancillaries such as mirrors and sunroofs as these can be costly to repair should they fail.内部采取比较hardwearing电动辅助检查,但如镜sunroofs这应该可以修复费用不到. Check to see how close to the advised service intervals the car has been back to the dealer and ensure that the car is running on original equipment tyres.查不出接近最宜服务重播车经销商已经回到了保证车行驶轮胎原有设备.
REPLACEMENT PARTS 替换零件
(approx based on a 2003 W8 saloon) The W8 might be a Passat but it?s also a very specialist piece of engineering.(大约2003年的基础上,停用球馆)停用帕萨特但可能吗?收盘也很专业一块工程. Passat-generic parts are relatively cheap but anything specific to the W8 model is quite pricey.帕萨特-通用零部件相对便宜,但具体到什么模式停用相当昂贵. That includes all sorts of parts such as brake pads - £95 per pair up front and £65 at the rear ?包括各种零件如刹车皮-英镑95%两人前方和后方的65英镑? and an exhaust system that won?t leave much change from £1,500.排气系统,并赢得了?从1500英镑笔交通线. A pair of headlamps isn?t going to leave much change from £750.一双大灯肖国?笔会大有转变750英镑.
ON THE ROAD 在路上
That eight cylinder powerplant is creamily smooth at idle and stays relaxed even under hard acceleration.这是8缸电厂顺利creamily闲置和停留在硬加速下更轻松. The ride is deliberately set soft, and the gearing is long, making the W8 an accomplished autobahn stormer.打起精神是故意设软、传动长,使高速公路实现了stormer停用. It?s not so accomplished on give and take roads, but a big torque figure and the ability to hit 60mph in 6.5 seconds means it carries a mighty big stick when a straight appears.?收盘不让步,那么就完成了道路、但是大扭矩数字与能力在650秒内即达到60mph带有威武的大棒时显得笔直. The chassis has been strengthened to cope with the W8?s power and the suspension is commensurately stiffer.底盘已加强应付停用?受是相称的力量和严厉. Top speed is quoted at 155mph, though such is the wanton muscularity of the W8 when approaching this speed that it would doubtless sail right on by were it not for the soft intervention of an electronic limiter.最高时速为155mph引述、虽是如此肆无忌惮的停用当肌肉接近这一速度航行,它无疑是正确的,如果不是一个电子软干预限制器. A six-speed manual gearbox was fitted as standard, although the majority of the cars that made it to the UK featured a five-speed auto, a box of decidedly patchy talents.六速变速箱装配标准手册、虽然大部分的英国车,它展出了五速自动、一盒决然修修补补人才. This long-legged box responds smoothly when part throttle is used, but kicks down way too slowly and is geared very high, negating the benefits of the W8?s power.这个长脚框回应顺利油门当一部分是用于但这样太慢,并揭开了面向很高,否定了停用好处?收盘权力. A manual Passat V6 4Motion is a far more able companion.帕萨特V6导手册4motion一股更能够伴侣. The manual-boxed W8, on the other hand, possesses a real punch.手册-便当停用,在另一方面,拥有真正效果. The strong self-centring action of the gearbox is something we?ve become used to with Volkswagens, but the effortless surge at higher speeds is a welcome novelty.强烈自我为中心的行动变速箱是我们?味同volkswagens习惯,但顺手是可喜的速度激增新意.
OVERALL 总体
Although a used Passat W8 may seem like a lot of car for the money, it?s worth keeping a realistic eye on running costs.虽然用了很多看起来停用帕萨特轿车的钱?值得留意的现实运行成本. The 4.0-litre 275bhp engine sups fuel at a fair old rate and you?ll need to be very disciplined to manage 20mpg.<4.0公升275bhp发动机燃料sups在旧率和你公平吗?当地是非常必要的纪律管理20mpg. That said, it does feel a very sophisticated and modern car and should run and run.尽管如此,它感到非常精密,现代汽车来说,应该办. If you?re after a feel-good car that won?t draw too much attention to you, the Passat W8 makes an intriguing choice.如果你?经过重新感到乐观,赢得车?笔把太多注意你,帕萨特停用使得一个奇妙的选择.
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