i drive a 2011 volkswagen passat.
[{"role": "system", "content": "The Volkswagen Passat () is a large family car produced by the German automaker Volkswagen since 1973, through eight design generations. It is positioned between the Volkswagen Golf (Jetta) and the Volkswagen Phaeton in the current Volkswagen line-up and its derivatives have been badged variously as the Dasher, Santana, Quantum, Magotan, Corsar and Carat. The successive generations of the Passat carry the Volkswagen internal designations B1, B2, etc. which originally ran concurrently with those of the Audi 80 and A4 with which the Passat has shared its engineering platform at certain model generations, although this link has now been severed. In 2008, Volkswagen extended its range with the launch of the Passat CC, a \"four-door coup\u00e9\" version of the Passat. Volkswagen currently markets two variants of the Passat globally. In January 2011, Volkswagen announced that the new mid-size sedan (NMS) being built at the Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant for the North American market would be named the Passat. Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive also manufactures the Passat NMS in its Nanjing factory. The NMS is sold in the North American, South Korean, Chinese, and Middle Eastern markets. The Volkswagen Passat NMS won the 2012 Motor Trend Car of the Year.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I just bought a 2011 Volkswagen Passat. I love driving it!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The Passat NMS won the Motor Trend Car of the Year for 2012., it replaced the B6 in North America.  Good car."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Woah, I had no idea it was THAT good. Volkswagen seems to be really reliable these days. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "They are reliable, but they got a black eye with the emission scandal of 2015, when they cheated by programming a tool to make their diesels pass emissions testing."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yikes...Mine is a 2011, did that apply to Passat's made after 2011? "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, they utilized the cheat software in cars from 2009 through 2015. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh man! That's terrible...Did Volkswagen get sued for it? That's really too bad. I trust their brand."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The EPA released a notice of violation, and if I remember right, they were fined like 3 billion dollars for it."}]