VOLKSWAGEN Golf · 2.3 V5 Highline · Hatchback · 2000 ‐ 2003

Volkswagen launched manufacture in 2000 of autos type Golf, modification of 2.3 V5 Highline and closed it in 2003. In this automobile can sit 5 person including the driver, it has hatchback body type with 3 doors, and length 4.1 meters, weight 1.3 tons.

«Golf 2.3 V5 Highline» automobile with a 5-speed sequential automatic gearbox is connected to the front wheels. The 5-cylinders petrol motor engine with «multipoint injection system» can generate output 170 horsepower at 6200 rmp, which allows you to speed up the auto for 8.9 seconds to 100 km/h and obtain peak speed of 220 km/h.

Fuel rate is 13.7 l in the urban driving mode, on the highway 7.2 liters, and the intermediate fuel consumption is 9.6 l per 100 kilometers. Gas tank capacity is 55 liters of petrol, what allow you to drive roughly 573 kilometers without refueling.

The forward wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 312 mm brakes and attached to the underframe using suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rear wheels have disks, 256 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage by dint of suspension «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 205/55WR16.

According to the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Golf gained the lot number of stars - four, which means that it is a enough safe vehicle. Furthermore to passive safety (passenger, driver, side airbags), it is also equipped with active systems of safety such as EBD, Traction control, ABS.