MERCEDES-BENZ V-klasse · V 280 Trend · Minivan · 1999 ‐ 2002

Mercedes-Benz started production in 1999 of autos model V-klasse, modification of V 280 Trend and terminated it in 2002. In this car can sit 6 men including the driver, it has minivan body type with 5 doors, and length 4.7 meters, weight 2 tons.

«V-klasse V 280 Trend» auto with a 4-speed automatic gear shift is fitted to the front wheels. The 6-cylinders petrol motor with «multipoint injection system» can generate output 174 horsepower at 6000 rmp, allowing you to speed up the vehicle for 12.7 seconds to 100 km/h and achieve maximum speed of 184 km/h.

Fuel consumption is 18.6 liters in the urban driving mode, on the highway 11 liters, and the mixed fuel rate is 13.8 liters per 100 kilometers. Gas tank capacity is 78 l of petrol, what lets to go approximately 566 km unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks brakes and fixed to the underframe by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Rear wheels have disks brakes and fixed to the underframe with help of suspension type «Transverse arms, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the next dimensions - 215/60HR16.

Mercedes-Benz V-klasse is not certified for Euro NCAP crash test. Furthermore to dynamic safety (Traction control, ABS), it is also has passive safety features (driver, passenger airbags).