VOLKSWAGEN Passat Variant · 1.8 16V TSI Highline · Wagon · 2009 ‐ 2010

Type of autos Passat Variant, modification of 1.8 16V TSI Highline launched manufacture by Volkswagen in 2009 and closed in 2010. This auto has 5 doors, the body is in the form a wagon, weight 1.4 tons and length 4.8 meters, which allows a seat 5 people total.

«Passat Variant 1.8 16V TSI Highline» is a front-wheel drive auto with a 7-speed sequential automatic gear shift. 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with «direct injection system» can produce output 160 hp at 5000 rmp, allowing you to speed up the auto in 8.7 seconds to 100 km/h and achieve max speed of 215 km/h.

Fuel rate is 10 liters in the urban driving mode, on the suburban 5.8 liters, and the mixed fuel rate is 7.4 liters per 100 kilometers. Gas tank capacity is 70 l of petrol, what provides to go roughly 946 km unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 312 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Back wheels have disks, 286 mm brakes and attached to the underframe using suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Tires have the next size - 215/55R16.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat Variant got the higher quantity of stars - 5, which means that it is a perfect safe auto. In addition to passive safety features (driver, passenger, head/curtain, side airbags), it is also has active safety systems such as ESP, ABS, EBD, Traction control, Brake assistant.