On Feb 7, 1:36 pm, Benjamin Gawert <bgaw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> * Pete:
>
> > I'm sorry, but you've got it all wrong. The first time a 1.8T was
offered
> > in a Passat in the US was in 1998, and it had 150 hp. And it wasn't
made in
> > Mexico either.
>
> I'm quite sure about that. I have seen the spec sheet, and we have been
> at a Volkswagen dealer in San Jose where he bought that car, and while
> he was giving it away for service I talked with the dealer who explaned
> me that he sells regular Passats made in Emden, Germany, and Passats
> made in or made for (I'm not sure of that) Mexico.
>
> I know the Passat 3BG very well, and the interior quality of this Passat
> was noticeably worse than any 3BG I've seen before.
>
> > The only engine that I can think of that had around 130 hp (134 to be
exact)
> > was a 2-liter non-turbo one offered back in 1990 on the Passat.
>
> In 1990 there was no Passat 3BG.
Well, the 1990 Passat was the same as the 1991 - 1996 cars, so if the
'3BG' nomenclature applies to the 1991 and newer, it should apply to
the 1990 as well. And a quick scan of edmunds.com shows that the 2.0L
I4 engine was available off and on through the '90's, until the 1.8T
with 150hp debuted with the 1998 newly-rebodied Passat.
Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA
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