Is VW Passat 2008 a good car?
Isabella Ramos
Updated on April 27, 2026
The 2008 VW Passat delivers excellent safety features, sporty performance and an upscale interior for its class, but spotty reliability history is a concern, as is its high pricetag.
What gas does a 2008 Volkswagen Passat take?
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| 2008 Volkswagen Passat | |
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| Personalize Find a car | 4 cyl, 2.0 L, Automatic (S6) Compare |
| Fuel Economy | |
| EPA MPG | Premium Gasoline 22 combined city/highway MPG 19 city 28 highway 4.5 gals/100 miles |
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How much horsepower does a 2008 Volkswagen Passat have?
200 to 280 hp
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Is 2008 Passat all wheel drive?
The 2008 Volkswagen Passat is a midsize car available as a sedan or wagon. Both body styles come in Turbo, Komfort, Lux and VR6 trim levels. Passat VR6 sedans can be purchased in front-wheel-drive or 4Motion all-wheel-drive configuration; 4Motion is standard on the VR6 wagon.
What kind of car is the 2008 Volkswagen Passat?
The 2008 Volkswagen Passat competes with the top-of-the-line Accord and Camry models, along with such sporty sedans as Nissan’s Maxima. Loaded with features – some unavailable on the competition – and offered in both sedan and wagon forms, the Passat continues to be an affordable way to enjoy true German engineering without breaking the bank.
Is the Volkswagen Passat a good family car?
The roomy Passat range makes great family cars. That’s a comparison to flatter the latter, that most anodyne of family cars, and one to richly annoy the Volkswagen customer who has, after all, spent as much as $14,000 more.
Does the VW Passat have a turbo?
Like the latest Golf variant tested here recently, the Passat comes with the newly tweaked 125kW/350Nm edition of the the VW groups’s two-litre turbo diesel workhorse, although the standard 103kW/320Nm mill continues in the entry-level Passat.
