VOLKSWAGEN Passat · 1.6 Athene · Sedan · 2004 ‐ 2005

Manufacturing modification 1.6 Athene of car models Passat was launched in 2004 by Volkswagen, and finished in 2005. In this automobile can fit 5 men including the driver, it has sedan form with four doors, and length 4.7 meters, weight 1.3 tons.

«Passat 1.6 Athene» is a front-wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed manual gearbox. 4-cylinders petrol engine with «multipoint injection system» can produce power 102 horsepower at 5600 rmp, which allows you to accelerate the car for 12.7 seconds to 100 km/h and get peak speed of 192 km/h.

Fuel tank volume of this vehicle is 62 liters of petrol, thereby when average fuel consumption is 7.7 l per 100 km (6 l on the highway, 10.7 l in the city), accordingly allows drive roughly 806 kilometers unrefueled.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 280 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Back wheels have disks, 245 mm brakes and attached to the chassis with help of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 195/65VR15.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat gained the many number of stars - four, which means that it is a well safe vehicle. Furthermore to passive systems of safety (side, head/curtain, passenger, driver airbags), it is also equipped with dynamic safety features such as ESP, EBD, ABS.