VOLKSWAGEN Passat · 2.3 V5 Trendline · Sedan · 2000 ‐ 2001

Volkswagen launched manufacture from 2000 of automobiles type Passat, modification 2.3 V5 Trendline and terminated it in 2001. The weight of the car is 1.4 tons and a length of 4.7 m, It is shaped as sedan with four doors, and can be placed in a 5 person with a driver.

«Passat 2.3 V5 Trendline» automobile with a 5-speed sequential automatic gearbox is fitted to the front-wheels. 5-cylinders petrol motor engine with «multipoint injection fuel system» can produce output 170 hp at 6200 rmp, allowing you to speed up the automobile in 10.8 s to 100 km/h and reach ceiling speed of 224 km/h.

Fuel tank volume of this vehicle is 62 l of petrol, therefore when normal fuel rate is 9.8 l per 100 km (6.9 l on the track, 14.9 l in the urban), what allows drive roughly 633 km without refueling.

The forward wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 312 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage using suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rear wheels have disks, 245 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis through suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the next measure - 205/55WR16.

In accordance with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat gained the lot quantity of stars - 4, which indicates that it is a reasonably safe auto. Furthermore to dynamic systems of safety (ESP, EBD, ABS), it is also equipped with passive safety features (driver, side, passenger airbags).