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VW's All-American People's Car

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    Fox Car Report drives the 2012 VW Passat

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After all these years Volkswagen has finally gotten around to building a people's car.

For big people.

The 2012 -- -- -- was designed with Americans specifically in mind -- -- made in the USA at an all new factory in Chattanooga Tennessee.

The affordable supersize today and offering the same accountable value were used to finding out warehouse stores.

I mean just take a look at this thing it's almost embarrassingly large considering as a starting price of 21000 dollars and is marketed.

As of mid size -- -- make some full sized cars look like.

Well midsize cars.

The plain -- styling is meant to keep costs down and not a fan while roomy -- civil interior focuses on function rapid infection.

They did try -- with his snazzy analog clock but really couldn't be looking and cheaper.

And as they put Mickey Mouse which given the all American of the facade might have been a bad idea.

There is an optional -- audio system but that's about the most rock and -- about the -- sot is basic transportation.

At its best and it's.

We'll get this out with a potent but pricey V6 engine -- -- -- gets the 43 miles per gallon.

Of the hotly opposed to the going to be go to this entry level five cylinder model that is adequate power and good but not great fuel economy.

31 on the highway with a lot of -- This is not an exciting car by any stretch of the imagination but does exact -- and here's why like anybody.

Tall.

Not particularly small.

Apparently -- -- appreciate wide open spaces more than just about anything else except saving about that this low price the -- it.

-- a building that's there -- a good bit.

In the 2012 Volkswagen -- your guests to new foxnews.com.