We don’t even know how to begin categorizing this one. Volkswagen did offer an all-wheel-drive version of its third-generation B3 Passat back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but it never quite looked like this!
An Eastern European customizing outfit has apparently slapped a Passat wagon body on the frame of a UAZ 469, a Soviet-designed four-door Jeep-like military vehicle. Throw in a massive suspension lift – an easy task when you’re dealing with a pair of solid axles and a quartet of coil springs – and a set of tractor tires and you’ve got the ultimate winter weather cruiser. Well, maybe we’d rather bomb down the Pennsylvania Turnpike in a standard Passat Syncro during a blinding snowstorm, but we can’t really argue with the usefulness of this beast for crawling over sluggish traffic or scaring small children. Run! Monster Passat is coming!