Piëch Practice – 1996 Volkswagen (B5) Passat – Driven To Write

A mighty wind from Wolfsburg marked the Passat's coming of age. Before we were all persuaded to go and unlearn it, the term 'Mondeo Man' was late '90s media shorthand to describe UK's Mr. Average. However his German equivalent would have been more likely to have been polishing a Volkswagen Passat 'of a weekend. Trouble was, outside VW's home…

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All I ever wanted to do was build cars”