VOLKSWAGEN Passat Variant · 1.9 TDI Athene · Wagon · 2004 ‐ 2005

From 2004 Volkswagen started manufacture of autos type Passat Variant, modification 1.9 TDI Athene and terminated it in 2005. This five-door wagon has a length of 4.7 meters, weight 1.4 tons and is designed to sit 5 passengers including the driver.

«Passat Variant 1.9 TDI Athene» car with a 4-speed automatic transmission is connected to the front wheels. This automobile can be accelerated for 14.8 s to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 178 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders diesel motor with a «unit injector fuel system», which generate a peak power of 100 hp at 4000 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 9.6 l in the urban driving mode, on the suburban 5.4 l, and the average fuel rate is 6.9 l per 100 km. Fuel tank capacity is 62 l of diesel, what allow you to drive about 899 kilometers unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 288 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe using suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Back wheels have disks, 245 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage by dint of suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 205/55R16.

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