VOLKSWAGEN Passat Variant · 2.8 V6 4Motion Sportline · Wagon · 2001 ‐ 2005

From 2001 Volkswagen launched manufacture of cars model Passat Variant, modification of 2.8 V6 4Motion Sportline and terminated it in 2005. In this auto can sit 5 men including the driver, it has the form of a wagon with 5 doors, and length 4.7 meters, weight 1.6 tons.

«Passat Variant 2.8 V6 4Motion Sportline» car with a 5-speed sequential automatic gear shift is connected to the full wheels. This auto can speed up for 10.1 seconds to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 227 km/h, owing to a 6-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection system», which generate a max power of 193 hp at 6000 rpm.

Gas tank capacity of this car is 62 liters of petrol, so when intermediate fuel rate is 11.1 liters per 100 km (8 l on the track, 16.5 l in the urban), that allows to go nearly 559 kilometers unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 312 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe using suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Back wheels have disks, 256 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage through suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the following measure - 205/55WR16.

In accordance with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat Variant received the lot number of stars - 4, indicating that it is a reasonably safe vehicle. Furthermore to active safety systems (ESP, ABS, EBD), it is also equipped with passive safety features (side, head/curtain, passenger, driver airbags).