VOLKSWAGEN Passat Variant · 2.8 V6 4Motion Highline · Wagon · 2000 ‐ 2005

Volkswagen launched production in 2000 of automobiles type Passat Variant, modification 2.8 V6 4Motion Highline and closed it in 2005. This five-door wagon has a length of 4.7 meters, weight 1.5 tons and is assigned to fit 5 person total.

«Passat Variant 2.8 V6 4Motion Highline» is a full wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed manual gear shift. 6-cylinders petrol motor with «multipoint injection fuel system» can produce power 193 horsepower at 6000 rmp, allowing you to accelerate the car for 8 s to 100 km/h and reach ceiling speed of 232 km/h.

Fuel tank volume of this car is 62 liters of petrol, therefore when intermediate fuel consumption is 10.8 liters per 100 km (8.1 l on the highway, 15.4 l in the urban), what allows drive about 575 km without refueling.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 312 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 256 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe with help of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the following size - 205/55WR16.

According to the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat Variant gained the many quantity of stars - 4, indicating that it is a well safe vehicle. In addition to passive safety systems (driver, head/curtain, passenger, side airbags), it is also equipped with active safety systems such as EBD, ESP, ABS.