VOLKSWAGEN Passat Variant · 1.9 TDI Comfortline · Wagon · 2000 ‐ 2005

Volkswagen launched manufacture from 2000 of automobiles model Passat Variant, modification 1.9 TDI Comfortline and finished it in 2005. This car has five doors, the body is shaped like a wagon, weight 1.4 tons and length 4.7 meters, that can seat 5 men in sum.

«Passat Variant 1.9 TDI Comfortline» is a front wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed manual gearbox. This car can be accelerated for 12.8 s to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 184 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders diesel motor with a «unit injector fuel system», which produce a max output of 100 hp at 4000 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 7.1 l in the urban driving mode, on the highway 4.6 l, and the normal fuel consumption is 5.5 l per 100 km. Fuel tank volume is 62 l of diesel, what provides to drive roughly 1128 kilometers without refueling.

The front wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 288 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Rear wheels have disks, 245 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the next measure - 195/65VR15.

According to the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat Variant gained the great quantity of stars - four, which indicates that it is a well safe automobile. Furthermore to dynamic systems of safety (EBD, ABS, ESP), it is also equipped with passive safety (passenger, side, driver, head/curtain airbags).