Welcome the Brand new Passat MK6
Volkswagen Passat MK6 is the version of Volkswagen Passat that was released after the MK5. During the Geneva Motor Show, which happened in 2005, Volkswagen unveiled the new Passat, and just in next 3 months the car was available in the entire of Europe. MK6 happens to be a very stable and economical car mainly because of the reason that it is built upon the MK5 platform. Thus if you happen to be searching for a used volkswagen passat for sale, then MK6 can be one of the short listed choices. This same car is also called by names like B6 and the 3C.
Design Matters
As far as the design factor is concerned, there are quite a few noticeable changes that are done to this version. The design of the car in totality has shifted from the adoption of design from the B5.5 to the more luxurious looks of the famous Volkswagen Phaeton car. With that this version of the Passat has been given a more luxurious and glorious looks. The same can also be noticed in the sales numbers too. Volkswagen reports that the total sales of the Volkswagen MK6 is much more than the previous versions of the Volkswagen passats. Having said that, you can easily derive the conclusion that the used passat MK5 cars would be much cheaper compared to the used passat MK6 version of the cars.
Another Four Wheel Drive Variant
A 4 wheel drive version of the Passat MK6 has been released by the Volkswagen with the name tag of “4motion” and it uses the newly launched Haldex clutch system that improves the car handling to higher percentage and also bring in the best and observable changes in terms of fuel efficiency that is shown by the car. The front wheel and the rear wheel base receives various ratio of torque by this system and it has a lot of advantages. The system is able to change it preferences dynamically, for example, if the system observes that the rear wheel base is being acted upon by slippage, then it turns the system into front wheel driving. This saves you the trouble of manually changing the driving system.