VOLKSWAGEN Golf Plus · 1.6 Sportline · Minivan · 2005 ‐ 2009

Volkswagen launched manufacture in 2005 of autos model Golf Plus, modification of 1.6 Sportline and closed it in 2009. The weight of the car is 1.3 tn and a length of 4.2 meters, It is shaped as minivan with five doors, and may be placed in a 5 men with a driver.

«Golf Plus 1.6 Sportline» automobile with a 5-speed manual gearbox is fitted to the front-wheels. This car can be accelerated for 12 seconds to 100 km/h, with a maximum speed of 180 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «direct injection system», which produce a maximum power of 102 horsepower at 5600 rpm.

Fuel rate is 10.2 l in the urban driving mode, on the track 6.3 liters, and the average fuel consumption is 7.7 liters per 100 km. Fuel tank capacity is 55 l of petrol, what allow you to go roughly 715 km without refueling.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 280 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage by dint of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Back wheels have disks, 255 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis using suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 205/55R16.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Golf Plus gained the maximum number of stars - five, indicating that it is a highly safe car. Furthermore to dynamic safety (ABS, EBD), it is also has passive safety features (driver, head/curtain, side, passenger airbags).