This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front located engine powering the front wheels.
Power is produced by a double overhead camshaft, 1.6 litre turbocharged 4 cylinder motor, with 4 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 118 bhp (120 PS/88 kW) at 3600-4000 rpm and 250 N·m (184 lb·ft/25.5 kgm) at 1750-3500 rpm respectively.
A 7 speed automatic transmission transfers the power to the wheels.
Stated kerb weight is 1459 kg.
It is claimed to manage a maxiumum speed of 206 km/h, or 128 mph, official fuel consumption is 4.5/3.7/4.0 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 103.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2791 mm | 109.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1584 mm | 62.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1568 mm | 61.7 inches | |
| Length | 4767 mm | 187.7 inches | |
| Width | 1832 mm | 72.1 inches | |
| Height | 1456 mm | 57.3 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.71 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1459 kg | 3217 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 66 litres | 14.5 [17.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
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| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged diesel | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Volkswagen | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.6 litre 1598 cc (97.516 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 79.5 × 80.5 mm
3.13 × 3.17 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.99 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 120 PS (118 bhp) (88 kW) at 3600-4000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 250 Nm (184 ft·lb) (25.5 kgm) at 1750-3500 rpm |
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| Specific output | 55.1 kW/litre 74.9 ps/litre 73.8 bhp/litre 1.21 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
156.45 Nm/litre
1.89 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | |||
| Fuel system | common rail direct diesel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1966 kPa (285.1 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 399.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo D. | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 7.3 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 10.8 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 206 km/h (128 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 82 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 60.31 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 80.88 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 16.58 kg/kW 27.7 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 4.5/3.7/4.0 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 4.5/3.7/4.0 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 22.2/27.0/25.0 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 62.8/76.3/70.6 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 52.3/63.6/58.8 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 103.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | B | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | A+ | ||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 6½J x 16 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6½J x 16 | ||
| Tyres front | 215/60 R 16 | ||
| Tyres rear | 215/60 R 16 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
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| Gearbox | 7 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 428472 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 15.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2015 Volkswagen Passat 1.6 TDI BlueMotion Automatic added 2015-07-26. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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