VOLKSWAGEN Golf Plus · 2.0 TDI Optive · Minivan · 2006 ‐ 2008

Volkswagen began production in 2006 of automobiles model Golf Plus, modification 2.0 TDI Optive and finished it in 2008. In this car can sit 5 people total, it has minivan form with five doors, and length 4.2 meters, weight 1.4 tons.

«Golf Plus 2.0 TDI Optive» auto with a 6-speed manual gearbox is connected to the front-wheels. This vehicle can be accelerated for 9.7 s to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 202 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders diesel motor with a «unit injector system», which produce a max output of 140 hp at 4000 rpm.

Fuel tank capacity of this automobile is 55 liters of diesel, thereby when mixed fuel consumption is 5.8 l per 100 km (5.1 liters on the track, 7.1 liters in the city), accordingly let you to go nearly 949 kilometers unrefueled.

The front wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 288 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe with help of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Back wheels have disks, 255 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage using suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the next size - 205/55R16.

In conformity with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Golf Plus received the maximal number of stars - five, which means that it is a highly safe automobile. In addition to active safety systems (ABS, EBD), it is also equipped with passive systems of safety (passenger, side, driver, head/curtain airbags).