VOLKSWAGEN Passat Variant · 2.0 · Wagon · 2000 ‐ 2002

From 2000 Volkswagen began production of autos type Passat Variant, modification 2.0 and terminated it in 2002. In this auto can sit 5 men total, it has the form of a wagon with five doors, and length 4.7 meters, weight 1.3 tons.

«Passat Variant 2.0» have a front wheel drive car with a 5-speed manual gear shift. The 4-cylinders petrol motor with «multipoint injection system» can produce output 115 hp at 5400 rmp, which allows you to speed up the auto for 11.5 s to 100 km/h and reach ceiling speed of 194 km/h.

Gas tank capacity of this car is 62 l of petrol, thus when mixed fuel consumption is 8.5 liters per 100 km (6.6 l on the track, 12 liters in the urban), that let you drive roughly 730 km unrefueled.

The forward wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 288 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Back wheels have disks, 245 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage with help of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 195/65VR15.

According to the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat Variant got the great number of stars - four, indicating that it is a enough safe vehicle. Furthermore to active safety features (ESP, EBD, ABS), it is also has passive safety features (side, driver, passenger, head/curtain airbags).