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

Volkswagen began manufacture from 1997 of automobiles model Passat Variant, modification of 1.8 5V Turbo Highline and finished it in 2000. In this car can fit 5 person including the driver, it has the body type of a wagon with 5 doors, and length 4.7 meters, weight 1.4 tons.

«Passat Variant 1.8 5V Turbo Highline» is a front-wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed sequential automatic gearbox. This auto can speed up for 10.5 seconds to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 211 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection system», which generate a peak power of 150 hp at 5700 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 13.7 l in the urban mode of driving, on the track 7.1 liters, and the normal fuel rate is 9.5 liters per 100 km. Fuel tank volume is 62 l of petrol, what allow you to go roughly 653 km unrefueled.

The front wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 283 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 245 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe through suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the following measure - 195/65VR15.

According to the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat Variant received the 3 quantity of stars. In addition to passive safety (passenger, side, driver airbags), it is also equipped with active safety features such as EBD, ABS.