 The 1998 Volkswagen Passat GLS V6 Sedan is fun to drive, but requires serious maintance.  In other words, you will get to know your VW Customer serice rep by his or her first name.  This car seems to get about 20 miles a gallon.  No one other than a VW service center wants to touch this car for repairs or maintance.  It handles like no other car that I've driven, but because of the reliability issues I do not plan to buy any VW again.