SKODA Octavia · 1.8 Turbo 20V Elegance · Hatchback · 2000 ‐ 2004

From 2000 Skoda began manufacture of automobiles model Octavia, modification of 1.8 Turbo 20V Elegance and terminated it in 2004. This five-door hatchback has a length of 4.5 meters, weight 1.2 tons and is assigned to sit 5 person including the driver.

«Octavia 1.8 Turbo 20V Elegance» car with a 5-speed manual gearbox is fitted to the front wheels. This vehicle can be accelerated for 8.4 s to 100 km/h, with a maximum speed of 219 km/h, thanks to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection system», which generate a max output of 150 horsepower at 5700 rpm.

Fuel tank capacity of this auto is 55 liters of petrol, thus when medium fuel consumption is 7.9 liters per 100 km (6.2 liters on the track, 10.7 liters in the urban), what allow you to go roughly 697 kilometers unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage using suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Rear wheels have disks brakes and fixed to the chassis using suspension type «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the following measure - 195/65R15.

In accordance with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Skoda Octavia received the many number of stars - four, which indicates that it is a well safe car. Furthermore to passive systems of safety (driver, passenger airbags), it is also has active systems of safety such as Traction control, ABS.