VOLKSWAGEN Golf Plus · 1.6 Trendline · Minivan · 2009

Volkswagen began manufacture from 2009 of automobiles type Golf Plus, modification of 1.6 Trendline and finished it in 2009. In this vehicle can fit 5 person total, it has the form of a minivan with 5 doors, and length 4.2 meters, weight 1.3 tons.

«Golf Plus 1.6 Trendline» is a front-wheel drive vehicle with a 7-speed sequential automatic gearbox. This vehicle can be accelerated for 11.8 s to 100 km/h, with a maximum speed of 184 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «direct injection system», which generate a maximum output of 102 hp at 5600 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 9.1 liters in the urban mode of driving, on the suburban 5.5 liters, and the average fuel consumption is 6.8 liters per 100 kilometers. Gas tank capacity is 55 liters of petrol, what lets to go approximately 809 kilometers without refueling.

The front wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 280 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Back wheels have disks, 255 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis by dint of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the next measure - 195/65R15.

According to the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Golf Plus gained the higher quantity of stars - five, which indicates that it is a highly safe auto. In addition to dynamic safety features (ESP, Traction control, EBD, ABS), it is also has passive systems of safety (passenger, driver, head/curtain, side airbags).