VOLKSWAGEN Passat · 1.9 TDI Athene · Sedan · 2004 ‐ 2005

Volkswagen launched manufacture in 2004 of automobiles model Passat, modification of 1.9 TDI Athene and closed it in 2005. The weight of the car is 1.3 tn and a length of 4.7 meters, It is shaped as sedan with 4 doors, and can be fit in 5 people including the driver.

«Passat 1.9 TDI Athene» vehicle with a 6-speed manual gearbox is connected to the front-wheels. This automobile can be accelerated for 9.9 s to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 208 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders diesel motor engine with a «unit injector fuel system», which produce a maximum power of 130 hp at 4000 rpm.

Gas tank capacity of this car is 62 liters of diesel, so when normal fuel consumption is 5.6 liters per 100 km (4.6 l on the suburban, 7.5 liters in the urban), what allows drive roughly 1108 km without refueling.

The front wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 288 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 245 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe using suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the next size - 195/65VR15.

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