VOLKSWAGEN Polo · 1.4 16V Optive · Hatchback · 2006 ‐ 2007

From 2006 Volkswagen began manufacture of autos model Polo, modification of 1.4 16V Optive and finished it in 2007. In this car can fit 5 men total, it has the form of a hatchback with 5 doors, and length 3.9 meters, weight 1 tons.

«Polo 1.4 16V Optive» vehicle with a 4-speed automatic gear shift is fitted to the front wheels. This automobile can be accelerated for 15.3 seconds to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 168 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection system», which generate a max power of 75 horsepower at 5000 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 10.2 liters in the urban driving mode, on the highway 5.8 liters, and the average fuel consumption is 7.4 liters per 100 km. Tank capacity is 45 l of petrol, what lets to drive nearly 609 kilometers without refueling.

The forward wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Rearward wheels have drums, 232 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis with help of suspension «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 great quantity of stars - 4, which indicates that it is a reasonably safe vehicle. In addition to dynamic safety (ABS, EBD), it is also equipped with passive safety systems (side, passenger, driver airbags).