VOLKSWAGEN Golf · 2.0 16V FSI Turbo GTI Limited Edition 240 · Hatchback · 2008

Volkswagen started production in 2008 of cars model Golf, modification of 2.0 16V FSI Turbo GTI Limited Edition 240 and closed it in 2008. This automobile has 3 doors, the body is shaped like a hatchback, weight 1.3 tons and length 4.2 meters, which allows a seat 5 person total.

«Golf 2.0 16V FSI Turbo GTI Limited Edition 240» vehicle with a 6-speed sequential automatic gearbox is connected to the front wheels. This vehicle can be accelerated for 6.3 seconds to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 240 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol motor with a «direct injection system», which produce a max output of 240 hp at 6000 rpm.

Fuel rate is 10.7 liters in the city mode of driving, on the highway 6.2 l, and the mixed fuel consumption is 7.9 l per 100 kilometers. Gas tank capacity is 55 l of petrol, what provides to drive nearly 697 kilometers unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 312 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Back wheels have disks, 286 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis by dint of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the next dimensions - 225/45R17.

In conformity with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Golf gained the maximum number of stars - five, indicating that it is a perfect safe automobile. Furthermore to passive safety features (head/curtain, side, passenger, driver airbags), it is also equipped with dynamic safety systems such as EBD, ABS, ESP, Traction control.