I was thinking of buying a Volkswagen Passat, know anything about it?
I have a Passat!  It's a large family car that was manufactured by Volkswagen
Wow that's so cool, do you know when it was first manufactured?
Yes, Volkswagen has been making them since 1973!
Oh very nice. Does it have any unique features? Like good gas mileage perhaps?
the Year. A new Passat model entered production in Europe in 2014, based on the MQB platform.
B1 ("Typ" 32; 1972–1984).
The first generation Passat launched in 1973 in two- and four-door sedan and three- and five-door versions. Externally all four shared styling by Giorgetto Giugiaro. The first generation Passat was a fastback variant of the mechanically identical Audi 80 sedan, introduced a year earlier. A five-door station wagon was introduced in 1974, which in North American markets
Volkswagen Passat
The Volkswagen Passat () is a large family car manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen since 1973, and now in its eighth generation. It has been marketed variously as the Dasher, Santana, Quantum, Magotan, Corsar and Carat. The successive generations of the Passat carry the Volkswagen internal designations B1, B2, etc. Originally these designations paralleled those of the Audi 80 and A4 with which the Passat shared platforms, however this is no longer the case.
In 2008, Volkswagen launched Passat CC, a