FORD Galaxy · 2.3i 16V Business Edition · Minivan · 1997 ‐ 2000

In 1997 Ford started manufacture of cars model Galaxy, modification of 2.3i 16V Business Edition and terminated it in 2000. This five-door minivan has a length of 4.6 meters, weight 1.6 tons and is designed to fit 5 men including the driver.

«Galaxy 2.3i 16V Business Edition» vehicle with a 5-speed manual gear shift is connected to the front-wheels. This vehicle can speed up for 13.1 seconds to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 192 km/h, thanks to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection system», which generate a peak power of 145 horsepower at 5500 rpm.

Fuel rate is 13.8 liters in the urban mode of driving, on the highway 7.9 l, and the average fuel consumption is 10.1 l per 100 kilometers. Gas tank capacity is 75 l of petrol, what lets to go roughly 743 km unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this auto have ventilated disks brakes and fixed to the chassis by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have disks brakes and attached to the undercarriage with help of suspension «Longitudinal arms, independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the following size - 195/65TR15.

Ford Galaxy is not certified for crash test Euro NCAP. Furthermore to active systems of safety (ABS), it is also has passive safety (driver, passenger airbags).