VOLKSWAGEN Golf Variant · 1.6 · Wagon · 1999 ‐ 2000

Make of autos Golf Variant, modification 1.6 launched manufacture by Volkswagen in 1999 and terminated in 2000. The weight of the car is 1.2 tons and a length of 4.4 m, It is shaped as wagon with 5 doors, and may be fit in 5 person including the driver.

«Golf Variant 1.6» automobile with a 5-speed manual transmission is connected to the front-wheels. This vehicle can be accelerated for 11.9 s to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 188 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection system», which generate a peak output of 100 horsepower at 5600 rpm.

Fuel rate is 10.5 liters in the urban driving mode, on the highway 5.8 liters, and the intermediate fuel consumption is 7.5 l per 100 kilometers. Tank volume is 55 liters of petrol, what lets to go approximately 734 km without refueling.

The forward wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 280 mm brakes and attached to the chassis through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 232 mm brakes and attached to the chassis by dint of suspension «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the next dimensions - 195/65VR15.

According to the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Golf Variant gained the great number of stars - 4, indicating that it is a well safe automobile. Furthermore to passive systems of safety (driver, side, passenger airbags), it is also has active safety features such as EBD, ABS.