VOLKSWAGEN Passat Variant · 1.6 · Wagon · 2000 ‐ 2005

Make of automobiles Passat Variant, modification 1.6 started manufacturing by Volkswagen from 2000 and finished in 2005. In this automobile can sit 5 people including the driver, it has the body type of a wagon with five doors, and length 4.7 meters, weight 1.3 tons.

«Passat Variant 1.6» have a front wheel drive auto with a 5-speed manual gear shift. The 4-cylinders petrol engine with «multipoint injection fuel system» can produce power 102 horsepower at 5600 rmp, which allows you to accelerate the car in 13.3 s to 100 km/h and achieve top speed of 185 km/h.

Fuel consumption is 11 liters in the city mode of driving, on the highway 6.3 l, and the mixed fuel consumption is 8 l per 100 km. Gas tank capacity is 62 l of petrol, what provides to go about 775 kilometers unrefueled.

The front wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 280 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Back wheels have disks, 245 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage through suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 195/65VR15.

In conformity with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Passat Variant gained the great number of stars - 4, which means that it is a enough safe automobile. Furthermore to dynamic safety features (EBD, ABS, ESP), it is also has passive safety (head/curtain, passenger, side, driver airbags).