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Volkswagen Passat reinvented for 2024 solely as an estate

Published 30 August 2023
By Shane O' Donoghue
Volkswagen has taken the wraps of the new Passat. The ninth generation of the firm's large family car will come exclusively as an estate.

VW driver tries to inflate tyres with car charger

Newly-released CCTV footage suggests some motorists across the UK are still unaware of what an electric car charging point is.
Published 24 June 2019
Me and My Motor: Joanna Trollope

Me and My Motor: Joanna Trollope

Joanna Trollope has earned millions from her bestselling tales of romance and intrigue in rural middle England. She has been dubbed the “Queen...
Published 07 October 2018
Top five best used executive sports saloons for £20,000

Top five best used sports saloons for £20,000

For decades, drivers who value discretion, comfort, power and exceptional roadholding have chosen a sports saloon....
Published 02 October 2017
Me and My Motor: Jason Kenny, Olympic cyclist

Me and My Motor: Jason Kenny

Jason Kenny, the six-time Olympic cycling gold medallist, is relaxing trackside. But this isn’t a velodrome, he’s at Silverstone, practising...
Published 24 July 2017
Reader Letters: Cabin smells, brake fluid changes, peanut power, clean diesel and Italian points

Reader Letters: Cabin smells and peanut power

Years ago I used to get a lift from a man with a Rolls-Royce of the same period as James May’s. It too had an unusual scent inside...
Published 20 March 2017
Land Rover Defender - Sunday Times Driving reader letters

Reader Letters: Brexit cars, HGV manners and more

The Land Rover Defender, reviewed by you last month...
Published 22 August 2016
I’d like a hatchback car that can carry golf clubs without having to put the rear seats down. What do you recommend?

What hatchback can I buy with a boot big enough for...

Q. I’d like a hatchback that can carry golf clubs without having to put the rear seats down. What do you recommend?
Published 09 May 2016
Penalty charge notice on car windscreen. Sunday Times Driving Reader Letters: bicycle tax, diesel cars and stealthy road signs

Reader Letters: bicycle tax, diesel cars, puddle beware...

Susannah West Yates says bicycles should be “taxed and insured, and their users forced to pass a test”. As some cars are zero-rated for vehicle...
Published 11 April 2016
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Top 100 Cars 2016 Top 5 Large Family Cars

The Sunday Times presents its Top 5 Large Family Cars, featuring models from BMW, Jaguar, Mazda, Mercedes and Volkswagen.
Published 03 January 2016
2015 Passat GTE review

First drive review: Volkswagen Passat GTE (2016)

The popularity of plug-in hybrids is set to explode. Volkswagen reckons that sales will mushroom four-fold by 2018, to a staggering 893,000 per year....
Published 17 July 2015
2015 VW Passat review by Jeremy Clarkson

The Clarkson review: Volkswagen Passat 2.0 TDI SE Business...

Motor industry press officers are no fools. If a journalist asks to borrow a car to test, he is sent an all-singing, all-dancing
Published 10 June 2015
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First Drive review: Volkswagen Passat (2015)

Volkswagen’s executive saloon joins the trend for taking jobs away from the driver with a system that parks trailers almost too well...
Published 19 January 2015