Volkswagen Passat Estate (2015 - 2024) GTE 1.4 TSI PHEV 218PS DSG auto 5d Owner Review
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In their own words
It’s genuinely hard to express how much I dislike this car. It’s downright dangerous on country roads, achieving the mean feat of being both a pudding and having a crashing ride, it drinks fuel from a firehouse on the motorway, has safety systems that drag you back into lane (and into the back or front of whatever you were trying to avoid), emergency brakes on sharp corners and when confronted by thick smoke. If it stalls in the middle of a junction it needs at least two seconds to get “ready”, it reduced my partner to tears at a funeral when it simply refused to reverse (I think it thought there was something behind it) and in white looks as attractive as a Milan taxi. It has the obstructiveness and obstinacy of my fourteen year old golden retriever with none of the benefits. An inexcusably underdeveloped excuse of a car. Avoid.
How reliable do you find the car?
The infotainment system occasionally crashes and reboots. No faults found,Does the car do everything you expected it to do?
Fuel economy is CATASTROPHIC. It’s a company car, used primarily on the motorway and main roads, so has little need of an electric motor. This plus the batteries simply add weight. I live in the city center so cannot charge it overnight.About their car
- Fuel type Petrol Parallel PHEV
- When purchased August 2020
- Condition when bought New
- Current Mileage 12,000 miles
- Average MPG 23 mpg
