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

From 2004 Volkswagen started production of automobiles type Passat, modification 1.9 TDI Athene Sport and finished it in 2005. This four-door sedan has a length of 4.7 meters, weight 1.3 tons and is destined to sit 5 passengers including the driver.

«Passat 1.9 TDI Athene Sport» have a front-wheel drive automobile with a 6-speed manual gear shift. The 4-cylinders diesel motor engine with «unit injector system» can produce output 130 hp at 4000 rmp, allowing you to speed up the car for 9.9 seconds to 100 km/h and get top speed of 208 km/h.

Fuel consumption is 7.5 liters in the city mode of driving, on the highway 4.6 l, and the medium fuel rate is 5.6 l per 100 km. Fuel tank volume is 62 liters of diesel, what provides to drive roughly 1108 km unrefueled.

The forward wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 288 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rear wheels have disks, 245 mm brakes and attached to the chassis using suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the next measure - 205/55R16.

According to the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat received the many number of stars - 4, which means that it is a reasonably safe vehicle. Furthermore to dynamic safety systems (ESP, ABS, EBD), it is also has passive systems of safety (passenger, driver, side, head/curtain airbags).