2008 Volkswagen Passat
2008 · 4-door · gasoline
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Top 13% of 2008 gas cars
10.4 L/100 km · about $3,524 a year
Among 2008 mid-size wagons, all types#2 of 11
Against every car on sale today, EVs includedD
20,000 km a year at $1.69/L premium gasoline.
Change km or fuel price
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Cheaper to insure than 86% of 2008 cars
From what insurers paid out on the 2010 model
Compares cars, not drivers. Not a quote.
Insurance estimates for
- Crash rating
- — not tested
- Insurance claims
- 52 48% below average · 2010 data
- Theft risk
- Low 99% below average
- Awards
- 0 none this year
Why insurance costs what it does
IBC hasn't published claims for the 2008 yet, so this uses what insurers paid out on the 2010 model, compared with a typical car. Bars to the right mean higher claims, which push the price up.
- Crash repairsCollision46% below
- Theft, vandalism and hailComprehensive66% below
- Damage from other driversDCPDno data
- Injury payoutsAccident benefits54% above
- How often it's stolenTheft frequencyno data
How the grade is worked out
We estimate what a typical driver with full coverage would pay for this model in Ontario, then rank it against every other 2008 model. The car-specific part of the premium follows what insurers have paid out on this model (the bars above). A is cheaper to insure than at least 80% of them. It compares cars, not drivers: your own quote depends mostly on your age, record and address.
Sources: Alberta AIRB, FSRA, GAA, Facility Association and IBC How Cars Measure Up. How this works
Safety
NHTSA hasn't published crash-test stars for this model year.
Driver assist
- Automatic emergency braking: no data
- Forward collision warning: no data
- Lane departure warning: no data
- Blind-spot warning: no data
About these ratings
Stars measure how well the cabin protects people in a lab crash, not how often the car crashes. They're for the U.S. version (4-DR W/SAB, FWD/AWD) of the same model year, usually the same car as in Canada. IIHS awards can depend on headlights or trim. How this works
Fuel and emissions
- City12.1 L
- Highway8.5 L
- CO₂241 g/km
- Smog rating—
Litres per 100 km. Rated as gasoline, 89 of 628 for efficiency in 2008.
All NRCan figures
- NRCan model name
- Passat
- Powertrain (file)
- ice
- Vehicle class
- Station wagon: Mid-size
- Engine
- 2 L
- Cylinders
- 4
- Transmission
- AS6
- Fuel type
- Premium
- City
- 12.1 L/100 km
- Highway
- 8.5 L/100 km
- Combined
- 10.4 L/100 km
- Combined (mpg)
- 27
- Energy use (ranking scale)
- 10.4 L/100 km eq.
- CO₂
- 241 g/km
- NRCan trims averaged
- 6
- Efficiency rank this year
- 89 of 628 (beats 86%)
- Class rank this year
- 2 of 11 · Station wagon: Mid-size
- Vs latest NRCan year
- 517 of 794 in 2026
- Class vs latest year
- 8 of 10
Lab ratings from Natural Resources Canada; real-world use, especially in winter, is usually higher. How this works