Auto Car : Volkswagen Passat 2.0 TDI 140 SE

Volkswagen set the tone for the new Passat at a group preview event, which took place on the night before the Paris motor show opened last October. Through varying degrees of pizzazz involving flames, exploding crates and mock pit garages emerged Lamborghinis, Skodas, Bentleys and Audis.Then, accompanied by nothing more than a puff of dry ice, out pootled the 'new' Passat. "Look," they said. "