VOLKSWAGEN Polo · 1.4 Trendline · Hatchback · 1999 ‐ 2001

Make of cars Polo, modification of 1.4 Trendline manufactured by Volkswagen from 1999 and closed in 2001. The weight of the car is 0.9 tons and a length of 3.7 meters, It is shaped as hatchback with five doors, and can be fit in 5 person with a driver.

«Polo 1.4 Trendline» is a front-wheel drive car with a 5-speed manual gear shift. This automobile can speed up for 14.5 s to 100 km/h, with a maximum speed of 160 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a peak power of 60 hp at 4700 rpm.

Fuel rate is 8.3 liters in the urban driving mode, on the suburban 4.9 l, and the mixed fuel consumption is 6.1 l per 100 kilometers. Gas tank volume is 45 l of petrol, what lets to go nearly 738 kilometers unrefueled.

The forward wheels of this automobile have disks, 239 mm brakes and attached to the underframe through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Back wheels have drums, 200 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe with help of suspension type «Semi-independent, coil springs». Tires have the following measure - 185/55HR14.

In conformity with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Polo got the great quantity of stars - 4, indicating that it is a reasonably safe auto. This vehicle does not have active safety systems, however there is passive safety (driver, passenger airbags).