It's exactly what the car you need, even though you think you need a midsize SUV. That, and you've had an attachment to Volkswagens ever since that weird guy who hung around your high school parking lot offered you a ride home in his microbus.

You are single and lack the requisite number of mountain biking or kayaking racks and stickers to make a wagon look like anything less than a family truckster. Or, you're not really a fan of extra visits to the dealer service center.

· Speed Merchants: No

· Fashion Victims:

· Treehuggers:

· Mack Daddies: No

· Tuner Crowd: No

· Hairdressers:

· Penny Pinchers:

· Euro Snobs:

· Working Stiffs: No

· Technogeeks: No

· Poseurs: No

· Soccer Moms:

· Nascar Dads: No

· Golfing Grandparents: No

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· Manufacturer: Volkswagen

· Model tested: Passat Wagon 2.0T

· Model year: 2007

· Base Price: $26,175

· Price as Tested: $26,805

· Engine type: Turbocharged 2.0-liter DOHC 16-valve inline four

· Horsepower: 200 hp @ 5100 rpm

· Torque: 207 ft.-lbs. @ 1800 - 5000 rpm

· Transmission: 6-speed manumatic

· Curb Weight: 3512 lbs

· LxWxH: 188.0 x 71.7 x 59.7 in

· Wheelbase: 106.7 in

· Tires: P215/55R16 Continental ContiProContact

· Drive type: front-wheel-drive

· 0 - 60 mph: 7.5 sec.

· Fuel economy city/highway: 22 / 31

· NHTSA crash test rating: front: 4/4 (driver/passenger); side: no info; rollover: 4

[by Mike Austin]

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