VOLKSWAGEN Passat Variant · 2.3 V5 Sportline · Wagon · 2001 ‐ 2004

Type of automobiles Passat Variant, modification 2.3 V5 Sportline started manufacturing by Volkswagen from 2001 and terminated in 2004. In this car can sit 5 person including the driver, it has the form of a wagon with 5 doors, and length 4.7 meters, weight 1.4 tons.

«Passat Variant 2.3 V5 Sportline» have a front-wheel drive car with a 5-speed manual transmission. This vehicle can speed up for 9.4 seconds to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 221 km/h, due to a 5-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a peak power of 170 hp at 6200 rpm.

Fuel rate is 13.2 l in the urban mode of driving, on the track 7.5 liters, and the normal fuel consumption is 9.5 l per 100 kilometers. Tank capacity is 62 l of petrol, what allow you to drive nearly 653 km without refueling.

The front wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 312 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 245 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis with help of suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the following measure - 205/55WR16.

In conformity with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat Variant got the great quantity of stars - 4, which indicates that it is a reasonably safe auto. Furthermore to active systems of safety (ABS, EBD, ESP), it is also has passive safety systems (head/curtain, side, driver, passenger airbags).