New Passat 206TSI R-Line

**chopper** · 06-10-2016, 12:32 PM

Update - The car is officially available a month earlier than previously announced.

(Which is good, as mine was promised to me the week after next!)

2017 Volkswagen Passat 206TSI R-Line pricing and specs:: available October 17 – UPDATE

**Maddriver3** · 06-10-2016, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by tigger73

According to the RVCS (approvals) site, the 206TSI is rated to take a trailer.

The issue is VW doesn't have it listed in their specs.

You would need to get this written into your purchase contract that the car delivered can be fitted with an aftermarket towbar and is rated to take a trailer. You can check this when taking delivery of the vehicle that the load/GVM values allow this on the vehicles weight placard. If it can't take the load then you don't take the car. I'm sure the dealer would sell it to someone else.

Either that or it forces the dealer to confirm that the vehicle is suitable for towing.

Yeah I have been onto VW about just this and they have said that as per the RVCS the car is rated to those figures, however as VW isn't listing it they wont back it and cover it under warranty. Basically said add 3rd party tow bar at your own risk.

As it's so new nobody seems to know exactly what's going on, one guy I talked to assured me he could do it and gave me a price for it, I actually had to email him the spec's showing it wasn't listed before he confirmed it.

Will have to get a tow bar on my missus Tiguan if I want to go ahead with the 206...

**Nealo** · 07-10-2016, 10:52 AM

Are the 206's in ready to be test driven?

**chopper** · 10-10-2016, 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by Nealo

Are the 206's in ready to be test driven?

I believe it will be next week. They won't release any cars until Monday next week, when they're due for launch. My car is just sitting in a yard...

**wm7503** · 13-10-2016, 04:43 PM

The Passat configurator with the 206 is live online now.

VW Car Configurator | Build & Price | Volkswagen Australia

Cheers WM7503

**chopper** · 14-10-2016, 09:01 PM

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Iinuj0xn4ok

206TSI R-Line video review.

**Foxtrot** · 14-10-2016, 09:05 PM

Comparing the Passat 206 Wagon with the Skoda 206 Wagon, the spec sheet of the Passat lists the minimum fuel as 98 RON while the Skoda is only 95 RON. Does anyone know if this is correct for the Passat as all the other performance/power figures seem pretty similar?

**chopper** · 14-10-2016, 09:20 PM

Originally Posted by Foxtrot

Comparing the Passat 206 Wagon with the Skoda 206 Wagon, the spec sheet of the Passat lists the minimum fuel as 98 RON while the Skoda is only 95 RON. Does anyone know if this is correct for the Passat as all the other performance/power figures seem pretty similar?

The dealer told me it uses 95RON when I asked over a month back. You're right, the identical Skoda uses 95RON... interestingly, the German spec. sheet for the car also lists 95RON.