R36 wagon or new V6 Highline - Which and why?

[DJC]

Is the V6 highline faster than the R36?

i thought they were the same?

I prefer the R36 as from a styling perspective v new shape passat.

The brochure shows the V6 as a 0=100 as 5.7 as opposed to 5.8. Not a great deal how ever some improvement somewhere

[Nath]

I think the new passat is a little lighter than the old one.

[FSI 220]

The highline does not have paddle shifts (is this part of the new sports pack ?)

Yup, the sports pack has paddle shifts...

I have ordered a Highline and like it (obviously), I refuse to pay an LCT penny to the government, and I feel this is the maximum performance per station wagon per dollar, for me... the highline sports pack was up against an SSV Redline Sportswagon and i ended up going for the teutonic simplicity of the design (out and in) whilst driving an absolute wolf in (elegant) sheeps clothing... my wife is thinking I have mellowed !

Whilst signing the contract, I was staring at the wheel and seats of a CC parked next to the desk... thinking, If they had half a brain they would put the seats and paddles out of the CC ... then the sports pack comes along... baddabing!

I could not afford/get a new R36 under the LCT, so the model change over was perfect timing for me, I also like being in the current body shape for the majority of a four year lease.

I hope I am not the end of this thread (just noticed that I seem to kill threads)

John

[kleung]

the R36 in the older models didnt come std with the mdi this was a model 10.5 inclusion from memory as was the std parking sensors (someone will correct me here if needed), I'm not sure on the std equipment though for the highline.

Front and rear parking sensors were standard across the entire Passat range from at least 2009 onwards, and I have a sneaking suspicion that the B6 Passat has had front and rear sensors standard since its introduction in 2006. MDI was optional across the range in 2009, and standard on V6HL and R36 for 2010 (according to the Feb 2010 Passat brochure).

The R36 also got the "VW sound package", which was a 10-speaker, 8 channel sound system with a 250w digital amp, vs an 8-speaker, 8ch with unknown power in the rest of the Passat range. This is distinct from the 600W Dynaudio package that was optional across the board.

Not sure if the R36 had ACC or just sport suspension, but I've heard that the R36 ride is for handling not comfort (ie hard).

R36 didn't get ACC, but the B6 V6 3.2 Highline did. In the 2010 models, the R36 sat 25mm lower than the 4 cylinder models, and the V6 sat 15mm lower (again, according to the brochures).

I hope I am not the end of this thread (just noticed that I seem to kill threads)

Sorry, that's my job.