Apparently vw's have rotary engines?

So today in school we were doing a math problem that involved a vw passat and a honda accord. There was a kid who asked “what kind of car is a passat?” So of course im first to answer and say “its a volkswagon you’ve never heard of them?” His response was, “nah man I dont know about those import cars. I only drive things with v8s.” I said, “Oh well they came with a W8 which is kind of like a v8.” Then the mother f* really asked “I thought those had rotary engines?” -__- I told him you’re thinking of Mazda buddy and not all of them have rotarys lmao.