VOLKSWAGEN Passat Variant · 1600 GLS · Wagon · 1980 ‐ 1981

From 1980 Volkswagen began manufacture of automobiles model Passat Variant, modification 1600 GLS and finished it in 1981. This 5-door wagon has a length of 4.4 meters, weight 1 tons and is assigned to fit 5 people including the driver.

«Passat Variant 1600 GLS» vehicle with a 4-speed manual gear shift is fitted to the front-wheels. This automobile can speed up for 14 seconds to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 164 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «carburetor fuel system», which generate a peak power of 75 horsepower at 5600 rpm.

Average fuel rate is 9 l per 100 kilometers. Fuel tank volume is 60 l of petrol, what provides to go about 667 kilometers unrefueled.

The forward wheels of this vehicle have disks, 239 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rearward wheels have drums, 223 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage with help of suspension «Rigid, coil springs». Tires have the next size - 165SR13.

Volkswagen Passat Variant is not tested for crash test Euro NCAP. This auto does not have active and passive systems of safety.