VOLKSWAGEN Polo · 1.6 · Hatchback · 1996 ‐ 1999

From 1996 Volkswagen began manufacture of autos model Polo, modification 1.6 and finished it in 1999. In this vehicle can sit 5 people total, it has hatchback body type with three doors, and length 3.7 meters, weight 0.9 tons.

«Polo 1.6» have a front-wheel drive car with a 4-speed automatic transmission. This automobile can be accelerated for 12.5 s to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 172 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a peak output of 75 hp at 4800 rpm.

Fuel rate is 11.8 l in the urban driving mode, on the highway 6.8 liters, and the medium fuel consumption is 8.6 l per 100 kilometers. Tank capacity is 45 liters of petrol, what allow you to drive nearly 524 kilometers without refueling.

The front wheels of this automobile have disks, 239 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs». Rearward wheels have drums, 200 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage by dint of suspension «Semi-independent, coil springs». Tires have the following dimensions - 175/65TR13.

In conformity with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volkswagen Polo received the 3 number of stars. This car does not have active safety, but there is passive safety (passenger, driver airbags).