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

Model of automobiles Passat Variant, modification 1.9 TDI Athene Sport started manufacturing by Volkswagen in 2004 and terminated in 2005. In this auto can sit 5 people total, it has the body type of a wagon with 5 doors, and length 4.7 meters, weight 1.4 tons.

«Passat Variant 1.9 TDI Athene Sport» vehicle with a 6-speed manual gear shift is fitted to the front-wheels. This car can speed up for 10.2 s to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 201 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders diesel motor with a «unit injector system», which produce a max power of 130 horsepower at 4000 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 7.6 l in the city mode of driving, on the suburban 4.9 l, and the medium fuel consumption is 5.9 l per 100 km. Fuel tank volume is 62 liters of diesel, what allow you to drive approximately 1051 kilometers unrefueled.

The forward wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 288 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Rear wheels have disks, 245 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis with help of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the following size - 205/55R16.

In conformity with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat Variant got the great quantity of stars - four, which means that it is a reasonably safe auto. Furthermore to passive safety (passenger, side, head/curtain, driver airbags), it is also equipped with active safety systems such as ESP, EBD, ABS.