Our Six-Month Road Test of the 2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI rolls on, and as it approaches a full thousand miles and a fully broken-in powertrain, we've taken a closer look at how our particular Passat measures up from a customer perspective in one critical way--initial quality. Picking up a brand-new car from the showroom is one of those experiences that people don't soon forget. It's either because of the excitement, or the dread of a new big payment, or more likely both. Some buyers, we think, are a little too blase about the actual delivery of the car they'll be driving for the next two to 20 years.
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