VOLKSWAGEN Golf Cabriolet · 1.8 Highline · Convertible · 1998 ‐ 2001

From 1998 Volkswagen started manufacture of automobiles model Golf Cabriolet, modification of 1.8 Highline and terminated it in 2001. This automobile has 2 doors, the body is in the form a cabriolet, weight 1.2 tons and length 4.1 meters, that can seat 4 person in sum.

«Golf Cabriolet 1.8 Highline» have a front wheel drive car with a 4-speed automatic gear shift. 4-cylinders petrol motor with «multipoint injection fuel system» can generate power 90 horsepower at 5500 rmp, which allows you to speed up the automobile for 15 s to 100 km/h and get top speed of 171 km/h.

Gas tank capacity of this car is 55 liters of petrol, so when mixed fuel consumption is 9.4 liters per 100 km (7 l on the suburban, 13.4 liters in the city), what allows to go nearly 586 km unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and attached to the underframe through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Rear wheels have disks, 226 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe with help of suspension type «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 185/60TR14.

In accordance with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet got the lot number of stars - four, which indicates that it is a reasonably safe vehicle. This car does not have active safety features, however there is passive safety (driver, passenger airbags).