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2012 Volkswagen Passat vs. 2011 Honda Accord, 2012 Hyundai Sonata - Comparison Test - Car and Driver

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Middle Class Acts: Can VW's Passat satisfy the mainstream without pandering to it? We bring along two 10Besters to find out.

2012 Volkswagen Passat 3.6 SEL vs. 2011 Honda Accord EX-L V6, 2012 Hyundai Sonata 2.0T Limited -Comparison Tests
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/comparisons/11q3/2012_volkswagen_passat_3...

2012 Volkswagen Passat - First Drive Review
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/car/11q2/2012_volkswagen_passat-first_dri...

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  • What matters to me are IIHS crash data (not DOT data) and frequency of repair rate. For that I rely only on Consumer Reports' survey of their million plus respondents. Those together with Consumers' Union engineers' testing data guide me. Over many years of buying and owning cars, this is the only approach that I have found worthwhile. I have recommended it to all of my friends when asked and they have been grateful for the advice.

  • the Honda should have been put in 1st. the only thing that he could say was wrong with the Accord, was that the styling was getting old, which is a pretty pathetic excuse.

  • My mother drives Hyundai Sonata and loves it ! She been averaging 28.2 around the city without the ECO on !

  • My parents drive only VW. My mom has the new tourage, and my dad always has the newest passat. Never had problems, great cars

  • All comes down to personal likes. The VW and Honda look so plain jane next to the Sonata. Did anyone mention price? Sonata wins there too. Sonata isn't perfect but for most is the best bang for the diminishing US Buck.

  • This review is biased. Honda should be No.1. Passat is cheap and made of cheap plastic interiors and historically passats are highly unreliable. of course there are a few exceptions. Hondas are highly reliable and comfortable ride.

  • VW the best choice,i think

  • Vw is way better in my opinion. I have a 2003 VW Passat W8 that has 418,500 KM on it with original motor and transmission.

  • Gimme the accord

  • I believe Hyundai's downfall for power and fuel economy would be their transmissions. There's just too much friction.

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