>Looks like the pissat is an Audi in disguise.  The body is an A-series,
>maybe an A6.

The Passat is built on an extended A4 frame.  The car ends up being sized
between the A4 and the A6.

I think it's a good thing to have VW and Audi cross-pollenate.  The new
Passat Wagon Syncro is mechanically identical to the A4 Avant, but bigger
and several thousand dollars cheaper.