VOLKSWAGEN Passat · 2.0 Sportline · Sedan · 2001 ‐ 2002

In 2001 Volkswagen launched manufacture of automobiles model Passat, modification 2.0 Sportline and closed it in 2002. This car has four doors, the body chassis is in the form a sedan, weight 1.3 tons and length 4.7 meters, which can seat 5 men total.

«Passat 2.0 Sportline» vehicle with a 4-speed automatic gear shift is connected to the front wheels. This vehicle can speed up for 12.4 s to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 193 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a peak power of 115 horsepower at 5400 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 13.3 l in the city driving mode, on the suburban 7.5 l, and the mixed fuel consumption is 9.6 l per 100 km. Gas tank volume is 62 liters of petrol, what provides to drive nearly 646 km unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 288 mm brakes and fixed 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 body chassis with help of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the following size - 205/55R16.

In accordance with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat got the many number of stars - 4, indicating that it is a reasonably safe vehicle. Furthermore to active safety features (EBD, ABS, ESP), it is also equipped with passive safety systems (driver, head/curtain, passenger, side airbags).