VOLKSWAGEN Passat Variant · 1.8 5V Turbo Highline · Wagon · 1997 ‐ 2000

Type of cars Passat Variant, modification 1.8 5V Turbo Highline launched manufacture by Volkswagen from 1997 and finished in 2000. In this car can sit 5 men total, it has wagon form with five doors, and length 4.7 meters, weight 1.3 tons.

«Passat Variant 1.8 5V Turbo Highline» is a front wheel drive vehicle with a 5-speed manual gearbox. This car can be accelerated for 9.1 s to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 217 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection system», which generate a max power of 150 horsepower at 5700 rpm.

Gas tank capacity of this car is 62 l of petrol, therefore when average fuel rate is 8.4 liters per 100 km (6.6 liters on the track, 11.4 l in the urban), what allows drive approximately 739 km unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 283 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 245 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe with help of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 195/65VR15.

In conformity with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat Variant got the 3 number of stars. In addition to passive systems of safety (driver, passenger, side airbags), it is also has active safety features such as ABS, EBD.