VOLKSWAGEN Golf · 1.4 16V TSI Optive · Hatchback · 2008

Model of autos Golf, modification of 1.4 16V TSI Optive began manufacture by Volkswagen from 2008 and closed in 2008. The weight of the car is 1.2 tons and a length of 4.2 meters, It is formed as hatchback with five doors, and may be fit in 5 men including the driver.

«Golf 1.4 16V TSI Optive» is a front-wheel drive automobile with a 7-speed sequential automatic gearbox. This auto can be accelerated for 9.4 seconds to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 197 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «direct injection fuel system», which generate a max power of 122 horsepower at 5000 rpm.

Fuel rate is 7.7 l in the city driving mode, on the highway 4.9 l, and the mixed fuel consumption is 5.9 liters per 100 kilometers. Gas tank capacity is 55 l of petrol, what allow you to drive about 933 kilometers unrefueled.

The front wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 280 mm brakes and attached to the chassis with help of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 255 mm brakes and attached to the underframe through suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the next size - 195/65R15.

In accordance with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Golf got the higher number of stars - five, which indicates that it is a highly safe auto. In addition to active safety systems (ABS, EBD), it is also has passive safety (side, driver, head/curtain, passenger airbags).