VOLKSWAGEN Passat · 2.8 V6 4Motion Trendline · Sedan · 2000 ‐ 2001

Volkswagen started production in 2000 of cars type Passat, modification 2.8 V6 4Motion Trendline and terminated it in 2001. This auto has 4 doors, the body is shaped like a sedan, weight 1.5 tons and length 4.7 meters, which allows a seat 5 men total.

«Passat 2.8 V6 4Motion Trendline» automobile with a 5-speed manual gear shift is connected to the full-wheels. This automobile can be accelerated for 7.8 s to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 238 km/h, owing to a 6-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection system», which generate a peak output of 193 horsepower at 6000 rpm.

Fuel tank capacity of this car is 62 l of petrol, thus when intermediate fuel rate is 10.7 l per 100 km (8 l on the highway, 15.3 liters in the city), that let you to go about 580 kilometers unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 312 mm brakes and attached to the underframe with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Back wheels have disks, 256 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe using suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Tires have the following size - 205/55WR16.

In accordance with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat got the great quantity of stars - four, indicating that it is a reasonably safe automobile. Furthermore to active safety features (EBD, ABS, ESP), it is also equipped with passive safety features (side, passenger, driver airbags).