OPEL Signum · 1.9 CDTi Sport · Hatchback · 2004

From 2004 Opel started production of automobiles type Signum, modification 1.9 CDTi Sport and terminated it in 2004. The weight of the car is 1.5 tn and a length of 4.6 m, It is formed as hatchback with 5 doors, and may be fit in 5 men with a driver.

«Signum 1.9 CDTi Sport» is a front wheel drive vehicle with a 6-speed manual gear shift. This car can be accelerated for 10.5 s to 100 km/h, with a maximum speed of 209 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders diesel engine with a «common rail system», which produce a peak power of 150 hp at 4000 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 7.8 liters in the urban driving mode, on the highway 5.1 liters, and the intermediate fuel consumption is 6.1 l per 100 km. Tank volume is 60 l of diesel, what lets to go about 984 km without refueling.

The forward wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 302 mm brakes and attached to the underframe by dint of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 292 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage by dint of suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Tires have the next size - 215/50R17.

According to the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Opel Signum received the lot number of stars - four, indicating that it is a enough safe automobile. Furthermore to passive safety features (side, head/curtain, driver, passenger airbags), it is also has active safety such as Traction control, EBD, ESP, ABS, Brake assistant.