VOLKSWAGEN Passat Variant · 2.8 VR6 Syncro Trendline · Wagon · 1998 ‐ 1999

Volkswagen started manufacture from 1998 of automobiles model Passat Variant, modification 2.8 VR6 Syncro Trendline and closed it in 1999. This automobile has five doors, the body is shaped like a wagon, weight 1.6 tons and length 4.7 meters, which allows a seat 5 men total.

«Passat Variant 2.8 VR6 Syncro Trendline» is a full wheel drive automobile with a 4-speed automatic gear shift. This auto can speed up for 10 s to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 227 km/h, owing to a 6-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a max output of 193 horsepower at 6000 rpm.

Fuel rate is 16.5 liters in the urban mode of driving, on the suburban 8 l, and the normal fuel rate is 11.1 l per 100 kilometers. Gas tank volume is 62 liters of petrol, what provides to go roughly 559 kilometers without refueling.

The forward wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 283 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 245 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe using suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 205/55WR16.

In accordance with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat Variant received the 3 number of stars. In addition to passive safety systems (driver, passenger, side airbags), it is also equipped with dynamic safety systems such as EBD, ABS.