VOLKSWAGEN Passat Variant · 2.5 TDI 4Motion Trendline · Wagon · 2000 ‐ 2001

From 2000 Volkswagen began production of automobiles model Passat Variant, modification 2.5 TDI 4Motion Trendline and closed it in 2001. This automobile has five doors, the body chassis is shaped like a wagon, weight 1.6 tons and length 4.7 meters, that can seat 5 men in sum.

«Passat Variant 2.5 TDI 4Motion Trendline» vehicle with a 6-speed manual transmission is fitted to the full-wheels. This car can speed up for 10.3 s to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 211 km/h, owing to a 6-cylinders diesel motor with a «direct injection system», which generate a max output of 150 horsepower at 4000 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 11.4 liters in the city mode of driving, on the track 6.2 l, and the mixed fuel rate is 8.1 l per 100 km. Fuel tank volume is 62 liters of diesel, what provides to go nearly 766 kilometers unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 312 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rear wheels have disks, 256 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis with help of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the next size - 205/55WR16.

In conformity with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat Variant received the lot number of stars - 4, which indicates that it is a reasonably safe automobile. Furthermore to passive safety systems (side, driver, passenger airbags), it is also has active safety systems such as EBD, ABS, ESP.