VOLKSWAGEN Passat · 1.6 Trendline · Sedan · 2000 ‐ 2001

Volkswagen began production from 2000 of autos model Passat, modification of 1.6 Trendline and terminated it in 2001. In this car can sit 5 person including the driver, it has the form of a sedan with four doors, and length 4.7 meters, weight 1.3 tons.

«Passat 1.6 Trendline» have a front wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed manual gearbox. This automobile can speed up for 12.7 s to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 192 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which generate a maximum power of 102 hp at 5600 rpm.

Fuel tank capacity of this auto is 62 l of petrol, so when normal fuel consumption is 7.7 liters per 100 km (6 liters on the highway, 10.7 liters in the city), that allows drive approximately 806 kilometers unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 280 mm brakes and attached to the underframe using suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rear wheels have disks, 245 mm brakes and attached to the underframe through suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 195/65VR15.

In conformity with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat got the great number of stars - 4, which indicates that it is a reasonably safe automobile. In addition to active safety (ESP, ABS, EBD), it is also equipped with passive safety features (passenger, side, driver airbags).