VOLKSWAGEN Passat · 2.5 TDI 4Motion Highline · Sedan · 2003 ‐ 2005

From 2003 Volkswagen started manufacture of automobiles model Passat, modification of 2.5 TDI 4Motion Highline and terminated it in 2005. The weight of the car is 1.7 tn and a length of 4.7 m, It is formed as sedan with four doors, and can be placed in a 5 people with a driver.

«Passat 2.5 TDI 4Motion Highline» car with a 5-speed sequential automatic gear shift is fitted to the full-wheels. This vehicle can be accelerated for 9.6 seconds to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 221 km/h, owing to a 6-cylinders diesel engine with a «direct injection system», which generate a peak power of 180 horsepower at 4000 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 12.3 l in the city mode of driving, on the highway 6.3 l, and the average fuel consumption is 8.4 l per 100 kilometers. Tank capacity is 62 l of diesel, what allow you to drive about 739 kilometers without refueling.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 312 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe using suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Back wheels have disks, 245 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe by dint of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the following size - 205/55WR16.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat gained the great quantity of stars - 4, which indicates that it is a enough safe auto. In addition to active systems of safety (ABS, ESP, EBD), it is also equipped with passive safety systems (side, head/curtain, driver, passenger airbags).