VOLKSWAGEN Golf · 1.8 5V Turbo GTI · Hatchback · 1997 ‐ 2000

Make of autos Golf, modification of 1.8 5V Turbo GTI began producing by Volkswagen in 1997 and closed in 2000. This automobile has five doors, the body chassis is shaped like a hatchback, weight 1.2 tons and length 4.1 meters, that allows a seat 5 people total.

«Golf 1.8 5V Turbo GTI» have a front-wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed manual gear shift. This vehicle can be accelerated for 8.5 s to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 216 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a max output of 150 horsepower at 5700 rpm.

Gas tank capacity of this auto is 55 l of petrol, thereby when medium fuel rate is 7.9 l per 100 km (6.2 liters on the highway, 10.9 liters in the city), what let you to go about 697 kilometers unrefueled.

The forward wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 288 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rear wheels have disks, 232 mm brakes and attached to the underframe with help of suspension «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 205/55WR16.

According to the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Golf received the many quantity of stars - 4, indicating that it is a well safe auto. In addition to dynamic systems of safety (ABS, EBD), it is also has passive safety (driver, side, passenger airbags).