Can someone explain me why the Passat in America is so much worse that the european Passat?

This should be the most popular car show on KZfaq

Damn this thing can go off roading with that ground clearance lmao

I am 100% happy with my 2017 VW Passat. It is a beautiful German car. I love it, period.

You guys are seriously the best part of youtube for me. Love getting notifications about your videos. Keep the humor and great content up!

I came here just for the intro and was NOT disappointed.

You guys are the best.....love all the reviews you guys do. Entertaining, chemistry, fun cars....keep it up 🙌🏼

love your channel guys! Always makes me laugh while I learn about new cars!

The european Version looks way better than this and has higher quality

Just bought my Passat R-Line yesterday. Absolutely love it. You guys are freaking hilarious. Loved this video.

Please don't ever stop or change, you guys are great! Keep up the good work!!

Comfortable ride, great visibility, comfortable seats, quiet ride, i like the exterior refresh, the collision warning system, decent pickup, the new air vents, and I believe a larger screen which is important to see your Waze or Google maps for directions. Plus the price is very reasonable. You will pay more for a car with better materials and pick up

I love your intro guys,you are the best!

The intro made me laugh out loud! Bravo!

I found your channel one hour ago, I'm so happy KZfaq brought me hear

I don't always like the specific cars you guys review, but you do a great enough job to make the video enjoyable regardless

Your video's are awesome! Keep it up guys.

Great video guys! I have a 2018 Passat R-Line, got it for $20K (American) new and is definitely worth it for the value. Love the videos. Keep it up! I agree with the comments below: Throttle House is one of the best car shows on KZfaq Yes, the ground clearance on the Passat is epic and enhances the drivers view since the car sits up higher. Great family sedan with class leading cabin and leg room! And probably ground clearance :)

Great job, enjoyed the short pause "I got blanks down here." 🤣

You two always do a great job. Don't know how you always manage to have a funny intro, but it's noticed.

I have a 2018 Passat R-line, and I haul ass on the highway. Totally smooth and responsive handling to boot. The rest of the review I do agree with. The radio system not the fender , is bad ass too. The Passat is still a handsome car, and the price is right. Love this car.

Hilarious intro! You guys are awesome like usual.

I just like that you're reviewing a normal car. The high-end stuff is nice and all, but it's not feasible for the majority of the market.

Funniest car reviews! Keep up the great work guys!

All your intros deserves OSCAR. Good joob, guys

Epic Intro, yet again! :)

Keep up on the great videos. Especially the introes

You guys’ intros are great, but this one is the best so far! Hahaha! 🤣

My boys love Ur videos 👌🏽⚡️

Love these guys!!!

I absolutely love you guys....and I'm crying that the first time I've seen you hit the canyons, it's in a Passat T-T

You guys have way too much fun to call that a job. Keep up the great work love it. L/100K works for me

Hi Throttle House! I'm from Brazil and I enjoy so much your videos, congrats for them. I don't know if there is any old vw like a Beetle or Fusca as we called it here, in Canada. But it would be very funny if you can make a video with some old cars. I have a 1984 Passat 😂. Thanks.

i have a Passat and it's absolutely awesome. Not really on a budget, I just know a great value when I see one. The styling is over the top. The R-Line version is super and sporty. I prefer a sedan over a SUV because I like sleek instead of bulky

They always nail the intro 😄

Looks better then Camry and Altima together. So simple and nice

I love your intros guys, keep it up. I don't know if it was on purpose, but when Thomas was about to strike James with the cardboard, James started saying "passa" repeatedly and it sounded like "pas ça" which is "not this" in French

Intro. Frickin’ hilarious. Give us more!

great intro guys!

This is well-rounded car review channel. I would like to see the return of the on-screen pop-up graphics that illustrated the power/torque and engine figures. It added that bit of executive undertone that complements the general humour. All round - thoroughly enjoyable commentary. #Ab-owwwt!

OMG you guys deserve a comedy platform!

Love the intro!!!

Bought it and very happy !

The Last Passat I really cared for was the 2006-2010 model, it's still ahead of the 2011+ model and looks amazing till this day. I own one and it's a bit difficult to keep up with maintenance but it is a quality vehicle

The Passat wagon is an amazing car. My father owns a 2016 2.0 190hp one and it has so much space, the seats are amazingly comfortable, the consumption is ridiculously low. The perfect comfortable car for your average Joe.

Got one love it

Picked up a new 2020. As an American it’s an upgrade from the Jetta in terms of interior space. It’s big inside which us Americans like, it rides nice and it has some features that the Jetta didn’t have and it feels safe. The LED headlights and tail lights IMO look great and they are very functional especially on dark back roads. The engine does seem to be really detuned so far I’m running regular fuel but going to try premium this weekend see how it runs.

VW Passat B5 and B5.5, last real Passat.With a longitudinally engine, 4motion (4×4 from VW) and 1.8T engine is a best sleeper (with 295 kW+).

Passat: “puh-sot” Common errors: *•PRONOUNCING IT AS P-ASSHAT* •non-car people calling it a Jetta

I own a 2015 Passat and is a great car. The 2020 has some small changes over mine but still looks good. Great car, great review

Best Intro of all Time

Brilliant intro 👍

Nice video edit

Lol I live for these intros man

I miss my old 2015 Passat tdi manual. Regularly got well over 800 miles on a tank. And OMG the legroom in the back was amazing. My kid was in a car seat when I had it and I called it the "no kick zone", she regularly kicked the crap out of the back of the seat in my wife's Tahoe.

As a car enthusiast I appreciate the effort that goes into balancing how informative and entertaining the videos are, thestraightpipes in Toronto used to be about the driving experience but now it's just about horsepower, styling and disagreeing with each other.

Would be nice to see you guys do a video on the Altima.. just would like your take on it..

Well, you made reviewing a boring car entertaining. Good job as usual.

I killed myself laughing with the intro🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

Hilarious intro 😆 hilarious 😂

It's a nice car for the price and being that it's an 8 year old platform it's probably going to be pretty reliable. The Passat is already rated as the most reliable model in the vw lineup.

I'm living for that American lesson! LOL LOL LOL The looks on James' face are priceless. Next up, the pronunciation of Los Angeles.

Awesome review guys!! I have a 2019 R line and they tune the Passat engine for economy... I get about 40 MPG but it’s the exact same EA888 gen 3 b cycle in the Tiguan and GTI and a ton of other VW products... a simple APR tune will handle ANY power concerns!!! 🙂

dont know why but i really love that front grill and those front mini front disks FUGLY LIKE HELL

I could not care LESS about the Passat. But I will click on every single Throttle House video JUST to see the intros!

Probably my favorite car I've ever owned was my 2003 Volkwagen Passat W8 4motion 4.0L "W" 8 engine rather than a V8...lol kinda crazy and I'd never heard about such a thing prior to owning this Passat....according to wikipedia...."In practice, the W8 engine is created from two narrow-angle (15 degree) VR4 engines mounted at an angle of 72 degrees from each other on a common crankshaft."...and all I know is this car was amazing!! Fully loaded, I'm talking heated seats and heated mirrors and all that awesomness. only wish mine had been a manual transmission. mine was a semi-automatic with the slap shifter and man that car would freaking haul ass !! 270HP(might've been 275 I can't remember exactly) 4.0Liter W8...it registered 180mphMax and I honestly believe that damn car could do every bit of it too. I had it 155 mph on Interstate I-40 W in east Tennessee where I'm from...I think that was back in 2010ish about one year before I lost my baby 😭😭 lol loved that damn car very very much and it met a sad fate :( to make a long story short kinda a bullshit situation to begin with ...but she was badly injured and left undrivable...had to park the car there til I could make arrangements to get a rollback flatbed tow truck...a bit of time passed before I could manage to move it and I checked on it regularly and then one day I went by that guys house where it was and POOF!! It had disappeared(along with another car parked there on the lot) and the trailer and nearby shed had recently been burnt to the ground along with basically everything on the property wtf. anyways I got back $9500 insurance money back. I wish I'd only done some minor upgrades to it(*ex cool air intake etc etc) just to try to get another 30 to 50 horses out of her. That car was pretty amazing at 270HP but imagining it with somewhere closer to 315 to 325HP mmm kinda gives me a lil chubby just thinking about it 😂😂😂 that car was a sexy little bitch I swear lol look for yourself...This pic is an 2004, mine was '03, but they are literally identical in appearance www.cincinnatiusedautosales.com/vehicle-details/2004-volkswagen-passat-w8-4motion-sedan-e889ab8a1413f4468d8b54a1738b7639 I personally think the 2020 Passat could've been a bit better. If that had a slightly different body kit thrown on it and sit a bit lower to the ground than this one. Then paint it black and give it a few more horses and a 5speed manual transmission and this car would be tight 👌

Passat is a great car. Way better than the Camry imo. Plenty of power and a nice quiet cabin with a nice ride too.

I like it 🤷‍♂️ it's a cheap, classic looking sedan shape. leg room AND headroom in the back unlike almost all competitors. I DO think the 3.6 should have stayed around (if they willing to continue using that ancient motor in the Atlas, why not do it in the passat too?) & if you doing four cylinder only, at least give the manual transmission!

The intro is gold. However, I'm with James. The car is vastly outdated. I get it, it's a simple vehicle. I guess VW feels they shouldn't throw much capital into something that many aren't going to buy.

That was a very "and on that bombshell" type of ending

I have the fealing that this car is what most people think the camry still is. A boring sedan with 0 emotion. The new camry is very good and more fun than this, yet everybody calls the camry the boring one still

Can you do the 2020 or 2019 Honda Civic hatchback , one with push button start and one with standard basic keys

The longish air vent looks like something that would go along well with bench seats from the 70's.

I love this skits .. and I love JAMES SOOO MUCH ❤️❤️❤️❤️

i like that look I think its nice!

Did no one else notice the McLovin "more hops to it" reference at 2:47 ? =DDDDD I'm literally dying here...

I still have my 2013 tdi . I love the spacious size. For the 2020 model, I have mixed emotions. I touched the very one you're driving! I work at the plant👍. Looks good and is still a great car overall. It would have been so much better on the MQB platform.

James with the McLovin quote

This is just like the 2015-2017 Toyota Camry not a complete redesign but a major refresh

Finally the modern car with manual handbrake. good for handbrake turns

even when I have zero interest in the car, I still watch the intro

How does this compare driving wise with the 2019 dsg golf R?

I love you guys lol

“LASS ANJA-LEEZ” 🤣

First Great intro as always

I don't care for the car reviews anymore, I just come here for the intros. Cheers!

This one of the few cars a family of 4 can fit comfortably - when three are over 6 feet tall and one is 5’11. We’ve had our Passat for 4 years and plan to get another - IF the headroom in the rear remains. The Arteon is not an option due to back seat “lack of” space.

Great intro

😂😂😂another great intro lol

I think it looks pretty dam good

The multiple lags (engine, drivetrain) used to drive me nuts... tried re-programming the car... but why do we need another sedan between the Jetta and Arteon? Is there really a market for this? or is it just to keep the engineers busy pre-EV?

That car looks beautiful. You guys beat it up too much. Fog lights should be an option and perhaps if they keep the analogue gages, they could enhance the center digital box which is already there. My Jetta also has a sport mode and I think Passat should also at least on some trim levels.

What's the outro song called??

I drove one today, I loved it! It is much better power wise vs 2017 1.8T for example, the suspension is stiffer and stays flatter in corners where my Passat GT, doesn't, mine feels like a land yacht, it is that bad. The 2020 Passat SEL I drove didn't have the steering wheel paddles, looks like it's an R-Line thing and now you can't get an R-Line with Fender Audio.. sad. I think a lot of people do not understand why VWOA hasn't given this car a digital dash when the $28k Jetta has it, makes no sense. The $32k SEL still doesn't have interior LED lights like the Tiguan or the GTI, no fog lights but they've kept the super comfortable gas pedal position (bottom hinged vs top hinged). I wish they would bring back nice touches like the rear sun shades in the doors and rear window but that's an Atlas thing now. I'd buy the 2020 Passat SEL in a heartbeat, the R-Line still has those terrible flat seats so I'm not sure I'd like that. The "small sunroof" like you guys call it, is the RELIABLE sunroof, the Pano roofs have all types of leaking issues dating back to the MK6 Sportwagen.

Passat looked old... It would be interesting though what cars you'd avoid and buy this one instead... Keep doing what you're doing!.. Peace!..

I don't know. Old platform but I love mine. Cheaper than the competition, soft suspension that's great for northern states with the cavernous potholes. I just like the feel and the conservative build. Adulty as another Canadian duo would call it.

I don't know about anyone here but I love the Passat! I bought a demo 2008 Passat Kormfort, aside from a few recalls and maintenance things, I think its a good car. I get 200 horsepower out of it's 4 cylinder 2.0 liter turbo! I've got 73k miles on it. It runs great! I'm kind of skeptical about the new Passats with the 4 cylinder turbo with it's 170 horsepower especially of you drive with passengers. That's a bit of a strain on such a small engine. The Arteon has the same engine but it puts out much more decent horsepower but that engine may wear out faster!

Eu adoro os veículos da Volkswagen meu sonho é dirigir um passat

i literally replayed the intro like 10 times. gold intro, as always

James, you should simply force Thomas to dress up as Jessie while you can take your own role in Team Rocket. Would make an AWESOME intro!!