Rare car, they didn't make a 3.0 B5.5 Passat.

I had a B5 Passat 2.8, it was a nice car, but that 2.8 was a huge pain to fix, and as you've noticed, not great on fuel. Rode and drove nice though, and any AWD Wagon has a place in my life.

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