MERCEDES-BENZ A-klasse · A 160 Avantgarde · Minivan · 1997 ‐ 2001

From 1997 Mercedes-Benz started manufacture of automobiles model A-klasse, modification A 160 Avantgarde and finished it in 2001. This five-door minivan has a length of 3.6 meters, weight 1 tons and is assigned to sit 5 people total.

«A-klasse A 160 Avantgarde» automobile with a 5-speed automatic gearbox is fitted to the front wheels. This auto can speed up for 11.9 seconds to 100 km/h, with a maximum speed of 180 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a maximum power of 102 horsepower at 5250 rpm.

Fuel rate is 10.4 l in the urban driving mode, on the suburban 6.1 l, and the normal fuel rate is 7.7 liters per 100 kilometers. Tank volume is 54 l of petrol, what provides to go roughly 702 km unrefueled.

The forward wheels of this model have disks brakes and fixed to the body chassis through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Rear wheels have drums brakes and fixed to the body chassis by dint of suspension «Transverse arms, independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 195/50R15.

In accordance with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Mercedes-Benz A-klasse gained the many number of stars - four, indicating that it is a enough safe vehicle. Furthermore to passive safety systems (passenger, driver, side airbags), it is also has dynamic systems of safety such as EBD, ABS, Brake assistant, ESP.