VOLKSWAGEN Golf · 1.4 16V Optive · Hatchback · 2006

Make of automobiles Golf, modification of 1.4 16V Optive started manufacturing by Volkswagen from 2006 and finished in 2006. The weight of the car is 1.1 tons and a length of 4.2 meters, It is formed as hatchback with three doors, and can be fit in 5 person including the driver.

«Golf 1.4 16V Optive» vehicle with a 5-speed manual transmission is connected to the front-wheels. This automobile can speed up for 14.7 s to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 164 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a maximum output of 75 hp at 5000 rpm.

Gas tank capacity of this vehicle is 55 l of petrol, therefore when medium fuel rate is 6.8 l per 100 km (5.4 l on the track, 9.4 l in the urban), accordingly allows drive approximately 809 kilometers unrefueled.

The front wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 280 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Back wheels have disks, 255 mm brakes and attached to the chassis by dint of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the next dimensions - 195/65R15.

In accordance with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Golf gained the higher number of stars - 5, which indicates that it is a very safe car. In addition to dynamic systems of safety (ABS, EBD), it is also has passive safety (passenger, side, head/curtain, driver airbags).