VOLKSWAGEN Sharan · 1.9 TDI GL · Minivan · 1997

From 1997 Volkswagen began manufacture of cars type Sharan, modification of 1.9 TDI GL and finished it in 1997. This 5-door minivan has a length of 4.6 meters, weight 1.7 tons and is assigned to sit 5 passengers including the driver.

«Sharan 1.9 TDI GL» have a front wheel drive vehicle with a 4-speed automatic gearbox. The 4-cylinders diesel motor with «direct injection fuel system» can generate power 110 hp at 4150 rmp, allowing you to speed up the vehicle for 19.1 seconds to 100 km/h and achieve peak speed of 169 km/h.

Gas tank capacity of this automobile is 75 l of diesel, so when mixed fuel consumption is 7.7 l per 100 km (6.3 liters on the highway, 10.3 liters in the city), that let you drive about 975 km unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks brakes and fixed to the body chassis through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rear wheels have disks brakes and fixed to the underframe by dint of suspension «Longitudinal arms, independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 195/65TR15.

Volkswagen Sharan is not certified for Euro NCAP crash test. This car has passive safety systems (passenger, driver airbags), but there is no active systems of safety.