Our quick take
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Volkswagen Passat GTE - 4.0 / 5
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To recap
It’s expensive, but the Passat GTE offers an easy and extremely practical way of going down the plug-in, partly electric car route. Its range makes it ideal for sub-urban commuters, while carrying that battery around carries no real penalty in terms of practicality. Performance is good, and in this trim level it’s very well equipped too. We just wish it went slightly further under pure electric propulsion.
