VOLKSWAGEN Passat · 1.8 5V Turbo Highline · Sedan · 2000 ‐ 2005

Volkswagen started production in 2000 of automobiles type Passat, modification 1.8 5V Turbo Highline and finished it in 2005. The weight of the car is 1.4 tn and a length of 4.7 m, It is shaped as sedan with 4 doors, and can be fit in 5 people including the driver.

«Passat 1.8 5V Turbo Highline» is a front-wheel drive auto with a 5-speed sequential automatic gear shift. The 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with «multipoint injection fuel system» can produce power 150 horsepower at 5700 rmp, allowing you to accelerate the car for 10.5 s to 100 km/h and achieve peak speed of 215 km/h.

Fuel rate is 13.4 liters in the urban driving mode, on the highway 7 l, and the mixed fuel rate is 9.4 liters per 100 kilometers. Fuel tank volume is 62 l of petrol, what provides to go approximately 660 km unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 288 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage using suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Back wheels have disks, 245 mm brakes and attached to the underframe with help of suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the following measure - 195/65VR15.

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