Amazing Passat W8 vs Corvette ZO6 Video

Are you living in a dream world? Passats must outsell Corvettes at
least 10 to 1 in the US.
They're the best selling European Midsize car in America, and they're
the BEST SELLING Midsize Car in ALL OF EUROPE.

On Jul 14, 2:34 am, db wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:44:15 -0700, Sal >
> wrote:
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> >270 BHP 2002 Passat W8 Six Speed Top Speed Run
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> >http://videos.streetfire.net/search/...382-4e38-830f-...
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> >2002 405 BHP Corvette ZO6
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> >http://videos.streetfire.net/search/...8801-9a22-48a0...
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> >This goes to show you the INCREDIBLE superiority of German Engineering
> >over American Engineering when a BONE STOCK Passat W8 has a higher top
> >speed than a Stock C5 ZO6.
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> >The Passat W8 is the Cousin of the Legendary Bugatti Veyron W16 after
> >all.
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> >Passat has much better gearing ratios and a 0.27 drag coefficient.
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> >According to the top speed calculator, the 2002 Passat W8 only needs
> >411 BHP to reach 200 MPH, a Corvette would need at leas 550 BHP or
> >more.
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> Ok so I don't own either car but even if what you say is true, frankly
> I'll take a Honda Accord for a daily driver and a Corvette for fun
> driving any day over your choices. I dare you to tell me your family
> car is more reliable than the Honda or more popular than a Corvette?
> Where I live, I don't see too many Passats compared to Corvettes so I
> guess per your rant, no matter how fast they are, people prefer
> Corvettes.
>
> And I don't recall recently seeing anyone here claim the Corvette was
> the fastest car around. What I have seen is that it's a fun car to
> drive with good performance. - Hide quoted text -
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YOU are the moron living in a dream world. Last year Passats were
75,000, compared to 34,000 Corvettes. So considering IT'S just another
volkswagon sedan, that's pretty lousy, probably cause it's just another
overpriced taildragger. Considering the pathetic horsepower rating it
gets crappy gas mileage too. Especially IF you compare it to a 'vette.
But then you live in your litte contrived dream work, you probably ought
to stay away from computers and real information, and go back to playing
your console games.

Sal wrote:
> Are you living in a dream world? Passats must outsell Corvettes at
> least 10 to 1 in the US.
> They're the best selling European Midsize car in America, and they're
> the BEST SELLING Midsize Car in ALL OF EUROPE.
>
> On Jul 14, 2:34 am, db wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:44:15 -0700, Sal >
>> wrote:
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I am trying to find statistics on the Passat but bombing out. I did
see that VW was hoping to sell 10,000 units of the W8 with half going
to the US. Corvette appears to sell about 35,000 units per year of
their V8 model. We are trying to compare apples to apples. It has been
a long time since you could buy a 6 cylinder in a Corvette. ;-) The
2007 ytd March number for US Passat was 8,990 which included the
station wagon. It looks like they will sell about as many as the
Corvettes in 2007 but I bet a lot of those Passats will not be able to
keep up with the slowest of Corvettes.

If we are talking about best selling in the US the F series truck is
the most popular with 845,586 units in 2003. If you work your way down
to cars the Camry and the Solara at 413,296 and then the Accords at
397,750. No VWs on that that top ten list.

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:17:23 -0700, Sal >
wrote:

>Are you living in a dream world? Passats must outsell Corvettes at
>least 10 to 1 in the US.
>They're the best selling European Midsize car in America, and they're
>the BEST SELLING Midsize Car in ALL OF EUROPE.
>
>On Jul 14, 2:34 am, db wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:44:15 -0700, Sal >
>> wrote:
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>> >270 BHP 2002 Passat W8 Six Speed Top Speed Run
>>
>> >http://videos.streetfire.net/search/...382-4e38-830f-...
>>
>> >2002 405 BHP Corvette ZO6
>>
>> >http://videos.streetfire.net/search/...8801-9a22-48a0...
>>
>> >This goes to show you the INCREDIBLE superiority of German Engineering
>> >over American Engineering when a BONE STOCK Passat W8 has a higher top
>> >speed than a Stock C5 ZO6.
>>
>> >The Passat W8 is the Cousin of the Legendary Bugatti Veyron W16 after
>> >all.
>>
>> >Passat has much better gearing ratios and a 0.27 drag coefficient.
>>
>> >According to the top speed calculator, the 2002 Passat W8 only needs
>> >411 BHP to reach 200 MPH, a Corvette would need at leas 550 BHP or
>> >more.
>>
>> Ok so I don't own either car but even if what you say is true, frankly
>> I'll take a Honda Accord for a daily driver and a Corvette for fun
>> driving any day over your choices. I dare you to tell me your family
>> car is more reliable than the Honda or more popular than a Corvette?
>> Where I live, I don't see too many Passats compared to Corvettes so I
>> guess per your rant, no matter how fast they are, people prefer
>> Corvettes.
>>
>> And I don't recall recently seeing anyone here claim the Corvette was
>> the fastest car around. What I have seen is that it's a fun car to
>> drive with good performance. - Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:17:23 -0700, Sal >
wrote:

>Are you living in a dream world? Passats must outsell Corvettes at
>least 10 to 1 in the US.
>They're the best selling European Midsize car in America, and they're
>the BEST SELLING Midsize Car in ALL OF EUROPE.
>

Show me your stats. I live in Texas and I can honestly say I see many
more Corvettes than Passats here but I admit this isn't a scientific
survey just my overall observation while driving. I'd guess I see
about 6 or more Corvettes to 1 Passat.

Now based on facts, Passats might be the best selling european midsize
car in US (according to you not me; I didn't bother to verify your
claim so I just accept it as fact) but they aren't the best OVERALL
selling midsize car in the US as that honor goes to either the toyota
camry or honda accord (depends which year). Again I must see about 10
to 15 Toyota Camrys or Honda Accords to every Passat around here.

But back to the main topic, I doubt many will care if the Passat is
faster than a Corvette (your claim not mine) because its not just
about speed but performance and fun. I can't speak for others but
its hard to find roads around here where you can go over 90 mph for
very long so top speed means little to me but if I compare the Passat
to the Corvette, performance and fun to drive will mean a lot more to
me.

What are you talking about? Passats have the MOST horsepower in their
class. Passat 4 Cylinder 200 BHP, Passat V6 280 BHP, Passat R36 300
BHP. That's more than Accord, Camry, Sonata, Altima, Fusion, Malibu,
and Sebring.

You obviously know NOTHING about cars thinking that Passats have less
power than their competition.




On Jul 14, 9:06 am, Bob I > wrote:
> YOU are the moron living in a dream world. Last year Passats were
> 75,000, compared to 34,000 Corvettes. So considering IT'S just another
> volkswagon sedan, that's pretty lousy, probably cause it's just another
> overpriced taildragger. Considering the pathetic horsepower rating it
> gets crappy gas mileage too. Especially IF you compare it to a 'vette.
> But then you live in your litte contrived dream work, you probably ought
> to stay away from computers and real information, and go back to playing
> your console games.
>
>
>
> Sal wrote:
> > Are you living in a dream world? Passats must outsell Corvettes at
> > least 10 to 1 in the US.
> > They're the best selling European Midsize car in America, and they're
> > the BEST SELLING Midsize Car in ALL OF EUROPE.
>
> > On Jul 14, 2:34 am, db wrote:
> >> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:44:15 -0700, Sal >
> >> wrote:- Hide quoted text -
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Yeah, Passats get crappy gas milage. OH WAIT, the 2008 Passat TDI
thanks to Variable turbine geometry helps increase power without
sacrificing efficiency, resulting in the BEST FUEL ECONOMY of ANY
3500lbs+ car IN THE WORLD.

So much for your stupid opinion.


On Jul 14, 9:06 am, Bob I > wrote:
> YOU are the moron living in a dream world. Last year Passats were
> 75,000, compared to 34,000 Corvettes. So considering IT'S just another
> volkswagon sedan, that's pretty lousy, probably cause it's just another
> overpriced taildragger. Considering the pathetic horsepower rating it
> gets crappy gas mileage too. Especially IF you compare it to a 'vette.
> But then you live in your litte contrived dream work, you probably ought
> to stay away from computers and real information, and go back to playing
> your console games.
>
>
>
> Sal wrote:
> > Are you living in a dream world? Passats must outsell Corvettes at
> > least 10 to 1 in the US.
> > They're the best selling European Midsize car in America, and they're
> > the BEST SELLING Midsize Car in ALL OF EUROPE.
>
> > On Jul 14, 2:34 am, db wrote:
> >> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:44:15 -0700, Sal >
> >> wrote:- Hide quoted text -
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Passat sold 331,414 which was +28.3% in Europe in 2006. It's only
getting more popular.
The US is NOT the world, only a small part of the world.
The world thinks of Corvettes like it thinks of Jerry Springer.
Name any country where the Corvette sold close to that.


On Jul 14, 9:44 am, db wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:17:23 -0700, Sal >
> wrote:
>
> >Are you living in a dream world? Passats must outsell Corvettes at
> >least 10 to 1 in the US.
> >They're the best selling European Midsize car in America, and they're
> >the BEST SELLING Midsize Car in ALL OF EUROPE.
>
> Show me your stats. I live in Texas and I can honestly say I see many
> more Corvettes than Passats here but I admit this isn't a scientific
> survey just my overall observation while driving. I'd guess I see
> about 6 or more Corvettes to 1 Passat.
>
> Now based on facts, Passats might be the best selling european midsize
> car in US (according to you not me; I didn't bother to verify your
> claim so I just accept it as fact) but they aren't the best OVERALL
> selling midsize car in the US as that honor goes to either the toyota
> camry or honda accord (depends which year). Again I must see about 10
> to 15 Toyota Camrys or Honda Accords to every Passat around here.
>
> But back to the main topic, I doubt many will care if the Passat is
> faster than a Corvette (your claim not mine) because its not just
> about speed but performance and fun. I can't speak for others but
> its hard to find roads around here where you can go over 90 mph for
> very long so top speed means little to me but if I compare the Passat
> to the Corvette, performance and fun to drive will mean a lot more to
> me.

Japanese cars like Toyotas are fine cars. Especially the Lexus LS600H.
Now American cars are trash compared to European or Japanese cars.

Well the conversation started with the W8. So how many units of the W8
were made in 2006?

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:08:47 -0700, Sal >
wrote:

>Passat sold 331,414 which was +28.3% in Europe in 2006. It's only
>getting more popular.
>The US is NOT the world, only a small part of the world.
>The world thinks of Corvettes like it thinks of Jerry Springer.
>Name any country where the Corvette sold close to that.
>
>
>On Jul 14, 9:44 am, db wrote:
>> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:17:23 -0700, Sal >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Are you living in a dream world? Passats must outsell Corvettes at
>> >least 10 to 1 in the US.
>> >They're the best selling European Midsize car in America, and they're
>> >the BEST SELLING Midsize Car in ALL OF EUROPE.
>>
>> Show me your stats. I live in Texas and I can honestly say I see many
>> more Corvettes than Passats here but I admit this isn't a scientific
>> survey just my overall observation while driving. I'd guess I see
>> about 6 or more Corvettes to 1 Passat.
>>
>> Now based on facts, Passats might be the best selling european midsize
>> car in US (according to you not me; I didn't bother to verify your
>> claim so I just accept it as fact) but they aren't the best OVERALL
>> selling midsize car in the US as that honor goes to either the toyota
>> camry or honda accord (depends which year). Again I must see about 10
>> to 15 Toyota Camrys or Honda Accords to every Passat around here.
>>
>> But back to the main topic, I doubt many will care if the Passat is
>> faster than a Corvette (your claim not mine) because its not just
>> about speed but performance and fun. I can't speak for others but
>> its hard to find roads around here where you can go over 90 mph for
>> very long so top speed means little to me but if I compare the Passat
>> to the Corvette, performance and fun to drive will mean a lot more to
>> me.
>

Well 0, but the Passat R36 is sort of a psuedo replacement for the
Passat W8 but it's a milder tamer version. A 174 MPH 8 cylinder
Midsize Family Sedan was just too much for the American consumer to
handle but it was perfect for the German Consumer.
If the Highways in the US didn't suck and were as good as the
Autobahn, then the W8 would have been way more popular in the US. VW
just loves the W series cars from the W8 all the way to the W16 in the
Bugatti Veyron so the W8 will eventually make a return even if it's
not in a Passat but an Audi, Lamborghini, or even a Bentley.



On Jul 14, 1:24 pm, Jim Behning
> wrote:
> Well the conversation started with the W8. So how many units of the W8
> were made in 2006?
>
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:08:47 -0700, Sal >
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >Passat sold 331,414 which was +28.3% in Europe in 2006. It's only
> >getting more popular.
> >The US is NOT the world, only a small part of the world.
> >The world thinks of Corvettes like it thinks of Jerry Springer.
> >Name any country where the Corvette sold close to that.
>
> >On Jul 14, 9:44 am, db wrote:
> >> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:17:23 -0700, Sal >
> >> wrote:
>
> >> >Are you living in a dream world? Passats must outsell Corvettes at
> >> >least 10 to 1 in the US.
> >> >They're the best selling European Midsize car in America, and they're
> >> >the BEST SELLING Midsize Car in ALL OF EUROPE.
>
> >> Show me your stats. I live in Texas and I can honestly say I see many
> >> more Corvettes than Passats here but I admit this isn't a scientific
> >> survey just my overall observation while driving. I'd guess I see
> >> about 6 or more Corvettes to 1 Passat.
>
> >> Now based on facts, Passats might be the best selling european midsize
> >> car in US (according to you not me; I didn't bother to verify your
> >> claim so I just accept it as fact) but they aren't the best OVERALL
> >> selling midsize car in the US as that honor goes to either the toyota
> >> camry or honda accord (depends which year). Again I must see about 10
> >> to 15 Toyota Camrys or Honda Accords to every Passat around here.
>
> >> But back to the main topic, I doubt many will care if the Passat is
> >> faster than a Corvette (your claim not mine) because its not just
> >> about speed but performance and fun. I can't speak for others but
> >> its hard to find roads around here where you can go over 90 mph for
> >> very long so top speed means little to me but if I compare the Passat
> >> to the Corvette, performance and fun to drive will mean a lot more to
> >> me. - Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -