{"id":109,"date":"2008-05-28T13:36:06","date_gmt":"2008-05-28T13:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2008\/05\/28\/vw-passat-r36-v\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T14:53:49","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T14:53:49","slug":"vw-passat-r36-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2008\/05\/28\/vw-passat-r36-v\/","title":{"rendered":"VW Passat R36 Variant Styling Study unveiled at Worthersee Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/vw_passat_r36_small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/vw_passat_r36_small.jpg\" alt=\"Vw_passat_r36_small\" class=\"image-full\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;float: left\" \/><\/a> Like Audi, Volkswagen has unveiled a special edition of the Passat R36 at the W\u00f6rther Lake in Austria. But VW engineers had less freedom than their counterparts at Ingolstadt. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/vw_passat_r36_21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"305\"  src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/vw_passat_r36_2.jpg\" alt=\"Vw_passat_r36_2\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;float: left\" \/><\/a> Dubbed Variant Study, this special R36 comes with a unique paint scheme \u201cMoonlight Blue\u201d. The new color has also been applied to the chrome parts. The R36 Variant Study gets lowered suspension, while featuring bigger wheels. It sits on 20in alloy wheels which come straight from the Touareg R-Line and gets a 6-piston Brembo braking system upgrade.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/vw_passat_r36_31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"352\"  src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/vw_passat_r36_3.jpg\" alt=\"Vw_passat_r36_3\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;float: left\" \/><\/a> On the inside, the Variant Study features a set of bicolour Recaro seats and dark blue chrome trims on the dashboard and the doors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/vw_passat_r36_41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\"  src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/vw_passat_r36_4.jpg\" alt=\"Vw_passat_r36_4\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;float: left\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like Audi, Volkswagen has unveiled a special edition of the Passat R36 at the W\u00f6rther Lake in Austria. 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