VOLKSWAGEN Passat Variant · 1.8 5V Turbo Athene Sport · Wagon · 2004 ‐ 2005

Model of automobiles Passat Variant, modification of 1.8 5V Turbo Athene Sport began manufacture by Volkswagen in 2004 and closed in 2005. In this car can sit 5 person total, it has the form of a wagon with 5 doors, and length 4.7 meters, weight 1.4 tons.

«Passat Variant 1.8 5V Turbo Athene Sport» is a front wheel drive auto with a 5-speed sequential automatic gear shift. This automobile can be accelerated for 10.8 s to 100 km/h, with a maximum speed of 208 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a peak power of 150 horsepower at 5700 rpm.

Fuel rate is 13.6 l in the city driving mode, on the track 7.3 liters, and the medium fuel consumption is 9.7 liters per 100 km. Tank capacity is 62 l of petrol, what provides to drive roughly 640 kilometers unrefueled.

The front wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 288 mm brakes and attached to the chassis through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Back wheels have disks, 245 mm brakes and attached to the underframe with help of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the next measure - 205/55R16.

In conformity with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat Variant gained the lot number of stars - 4, indicating that it is a reasonably safe auto. In addition to dynamic safety (ABS, ESP, EBD), it is also equipped with passive safety (head/curtain, driver, passenger, side airbags).