W8 Jetta

[Chris]

Volkswagen should have out a jetta with a 300hp W8 powerplant very soon.
This car is going to KICK SOME ASS!!! I mean, its fairly small, with a big engine. This is going to give BMW's a run for their money, for a lot less of it.

I cant wait for it.

[Chris]

There is also a distinct possibility of VW's 4MOTION All wheel dirve for this uber-jetta

[enzo@af]

Wow. I have some friends with Jettas, and surprisingly they all have tons of problems with the cars. Usually Volkswagen has great cars, but these guys' are lemons.

[Chris]

It is based on the golf, so it is related to tons of stuff, even the TT. Lemons exist, and you can only ask for a full or partial refund, or a trade.

[flylwsi]

WHERE DID YOU GET THE W8 THING FROM? I KNOW THERE WILL BE A W8 PASSAT, BUT I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE JETTA GETTIN IT...

[bashamrj]

This really doesn't belong in the W* forum, but VW actually gave me all my money back for my Jetta. I loved the car, but it was in the shop too many times in under 12 months so I wrote VW and they gave me everything. They were going to give me a new car, but didn't have any with leather so they gave me money - including the bank fees. I would have bought another, but I found two other people in my area who had their cars replaced, a person who had a new engine put in, etc and got a bit squeamish.

Back to the w8, that would be awesome. Will they change to a RWD? FWD cars today can probably handle the power and I have read they are putting it in the Passat which is FWD so I guess the RWD comment was not well though out.

[Chris]

It'll probably be AWD.
They have been testing it in Europe (I have a pic in a magazine). It had a huge wing, and looked neat. I think it will be a really good car, kinda like a WRX or EVO (not really, for that we will need the Skoda Octavia)

[Chris]

It'll probably be AWD.
They have been testing it in Europe (I have a pic in a magazine). It had a huge wing, and looked neat. I think it will be a really good car, kinda like a WRX or EVO (power wise, anyway) (but not really, for that we will need the Skoda Octavia)

[Pharty012]

Yo if they come out with a w8 Jetta it'll be SWEEEEEt... then i won't go for the 2.8GLS and go for that... hopefully it isn't so Expensive... i just need like 200 more on my SAT's and i'm Straight... 1600 and i get whatever car i want......
but the w8 Jetta sounds tight as shit.... Much opportunity to get some sponsorship from some companies around my way... lol...

aite PEACE...

[HayaiCivic]

IN two years, VW comes out with the Passat W12... its supposed to be two 6s... with around 3 or 4.5 hundred horsepower. Thats what I heard... probably a lie, but someone should go check that out and see if thats whats going on.

[Dragon12880]

First off (not to sound like a know-it-all or an @$$h*le), two banks of 6 is a "V"-12 (which I doubt they'd ever squeeze into a dub, and certainly not a FWD). A W-12 would be three banks of 4 cylinders (I'm sure you just made a typo), but to say that it would make 300-450 hp is probably a reasonable assumption. On that same topic, I haven't heard anything about VW dropping a 12 into anything... but it would be awesome. I hope your source wasn't smokin' something that day. I'd love to see a VW with any kind of 12 in it.
I first heard about the W-8 Passat about 2+ years ago, but I haven't heard anything about a Jetta getting an 8 at all. After thinking about it, wouldn't you agree that the handling of either would be greatly compromised? I'm sure the Hp/Weight ratio is going to be great, but I doubt that (without MAJOR suspension mods) it would be what everyone expects. These cars sound (to me) like their going to be screamers in a straight-line, but lack everywhere else.
As far as it being an AWD, I haven't heard anything about that either, but that would put the handling on a whole new playing field anyways, so I guess it has its ups and downs.
Overall, I'd have to say nay to the W-8 cars. Just doesn't seem like something I'd want to drive. I like a car that's well-rounded - plenty of punch when you need it, light enough that you don't have to fight it in a curve, and last but certainly not least, $omething good on ga$! (which I'm sure would turn into a problem with 8's or 12's). Though, if the price is only around $27,000, I think it'll be plenty of bang-for-the-buck. Like I said... plenty of ups and downs.
As far as Jetta lemons go (And I dunno about the new ones, but I've seen a LOT of Passat lemons new and old), my Jetta just turned over 200,000 miles (two days ago), and it's still going strong, and I know it's had a rough life, but has never been rebuilt, or had any other kind of major work done on it. I may give it a rebuild for Christmas, or I may just wait til next summer so I have an excuse to ride the crotch-rocket everywhere for a while.

BTW, Chris... I like the signature... 'You can live in a car, but you can't drive a house'! Words to live by; especially when the g/f kicks you out b/c you've spent more time with the car than you have with her!

Drag-on

PS: sorry this post was so long! Just got up on my little soap-box and went to town here!

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[Murco]

I haven't heard of a W8 Jetta coming, but I know the R32 Golf is coming and VWoA is considering making a Jetta variant seeing as the Jetta far outsells the Golf in the US (the exact opposite of European sales where they can't give away Jettas/Boras). The R32 has a 3.2 liter VR6 making 241 horsepower with the 6 speed and all-wheel-drive. The arrival of the WRX and upcoming Evo 8 convinced VW that they needed to jump into the fray! I just wonder what the next Jetta, due in 2004, will look like. I hope it's more evolutionary than revolutionary.
The big VW's will be arriving next June. The Phaeton will have a 420hp W12 engine feeding an AWD setup. This Mercedes S-class size car will sticker at about $66K US.
As for the BMW 330, a GLI or GTI with the 24v VR6 will smoke one as they are now!!