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Volkswagen's Passat has been a Cars.com Best Bet for years. We've praised its styling, upscale interior and array of versions, including sedan and wagon body styles and front- and all-wheel-drive models. A recent redesign further refined the Passat's interior, which now treads remarkably close to those of Volkswagen's luxury brand, Audi, further blurring the already fuzzy line between plebeian family haulers and upscale executive transporters. Depending on what you're looking for in an automobile, this can be a good or a bad thing. The Passat's price of entry is steeper than much of its midsize competition, but if you're not concerned about having a luxury brand logo on the hood, the Passat provides much of the ambiance of a luxury car for less dough, and how can that be bad?