VOLKSWAGEN Polo · 1.4 TDI Athene · Hatchback · 2004 ‐ 2005

Model of cars Polo, modification 1.4 TDI Athene started manufacturing by Volkswagen in 2004 and closed in 2005. In this car can sit 5 person including the driver, it has the form of a hatchback with 5 doors, and length 3.9 meters, weight 1.1 tons.

«Polo 1.4 TDI Athene» have a front-wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed manual gear shift. This vehicle can speed up for 13.6 seconds to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 170 km/h, due to a 3-cylinders diesel motor with a «unit injector fuel system», which produce a max power of 75 horsepower at 4000 rpm.

Gas tank capacity of this vehicle is 45 liters of diesel, thus when mixed fuel consumption is 4.5 liters per 100 km (4 liters on the track, 5.6 liters in the urban), what allow you to go nearly 1000 kilometers without refueling.

The front wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rear wheels have disks, 232 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis with help of suspension type «Semi-independent, coil springs». Tires have the following dimensions - 185/60R14.

In accordance with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Polo got the many number of stars - four, which indicates that it is a enough safe automobile. In addition to passive systems of safety (driver, side, passenger airbags), it is also has active safety such as ABS, EBD.