VOLKSWAGEN Passat Variant · 1.9 TDI Sportline · Wagon · 2001 ‐ 2005

Volkswagen began production from 2001 of cars model Passat Variant, modification 1.9 TDI Sportline and closed it in 2005. The weight of the car is 1.4 tons and a length of 4.7 meters, It is formed as wagon with five doors, and can be placed in a 5 men with a driver.

«Passat Variant 1.9 TDI Sportline» is a front-wheel drive vehicle with a 5-speed manual gear shift. The 4-cylinders diesel motor with «unit injector fuel system» can generate output 100 horsepower at 4000 rmp, allowing you to speed up the car in 12.8 s to 100 km/h and obtain ceiling speed of 184 km/h.

Fuel tank volume of this car is 62 l of diesel, so when normal fuel consumption is 5.5 liters per 100 km (4.6 l on the highway, 7.1 l in the urban), what allow you drive nearly 1128 kilometers unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 288 mm brakes and attached to the underframe using suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Back wheels have disks, 245 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage through suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Tires have the next dimensions - 205/55R16.

In accordance with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat Variant received the lot number of stars - four, indicating that it is a enough safe auto. In addition to passive safety systems (passenger, side, driver, head/curtain airbags), it is also equipped with dynamic safety features such as ESP, ABS, EBD.