VOLKSWAGEN Passat Variant · 1.8 5V Turbo Trendline · Wagon · 2000 ‐ 2001

Volkswagen launched manufacture in 2000 of cars model Passat Variant, modification of 1.8 5V Turbo Trendline and finished it in 2001. In this auto can fit 5 person total, it has wagon body type with 5 doors, and length 4.7 meters, weight 1.4 tons.

«Passat Variant 1.8 5V Turbo Trendline» car with a 5-speed sequential automatic gear shift is fitted to the front wheels. This vehicle can speed up for 10.8 s to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 208 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a peak output of 150 hp at 5700 rpm.

Fuel rate is 13.6 liters in the urban mode of driving, on the track 7.3 l, and the intermediate fuel consumption is 9.7 liters per 100 kilometers. Gas tank volume is 62 liters of petrol, what provides to go about 640 kilometers unrefueled.

The front wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 288 mm brakes and attached to the underframe by dint 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 using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the next dimensions - 195/65VR15.

In conformity with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat Variant gained the great number of stars - four, which means that it is a reasonably safe automobile. In addition to active safety systems (ESP, EBD, ABS), it is also has passive systems of safety (passenger, driver, side airbags).