VOLKSWAGEN Golf · GL Diesel · Hatchback · 1983 ‐ 1986

Model of automobiles Golf, modification GL Diesel manufactured by Volkswagen from 1983 and closed in 1986. This 3-door hatchback has a length of 4 meters, weight 0.9 tons and is destined to sit 5 men total.

«Golf GL Diesel» is a front wheel drive vehicle with a 4-speed manual gearbox. This vehicle can be accelerated for 18.7 s to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 148 km/h, thanks to a 4-cylinders diesel motor engine with a «indirect injection fuel system», which generate a max power of 54 hp at 4800 rpm.

Normal fuel consumption is 6 liters per 100 kilometers. Gas tank capacity is 55 l of diesel, what lets to drive about 917 kilometers unrefueled.

The front wheels of this automobile have disks brakes and fixed to the underframe using suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs». Rearward wheels have drums brakes and attached to the underframe through suspension type «Semi-independent, coil springs». Tires have the following dimensions - 155SR13.

Volkswagen Golf is not tested for Euro NCAP crash test. Passive and active safety features are absent on this model automobile.