This vehicle has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front located engine powering the front wheels.
Powering the Volkswagen Passat 1.8 is a single overhead camshaft, 1.8 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder engine, with 2 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 89 bhp (90 PS/66 kW) at 5500 rpm and 145 N·m (107 lb·ft/14.8 kgm) at 2500 rpm respectively.
A 5 speed manual 'box transfers the power to the driven wheels.
Claimed weight at the kerb is 1199 kg.
The Volkswagen Passat 1.8 is claimed to achieve a maxiumum speed of 178 km/h (111 mph), officially quoted fuel consumption figures are 5.8/7.4/10.4 l/100km 90 km/h / 120 km/h / urban.
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 | 2625 mm | 103.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1479 mm | 58.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1422 mm | 56 inches | |
| Length | 4605 mm | 181.3 inches | |
| Width | 1720 mm | 67.7 inches | |
| Height | 1430 mm | 56.3 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.75 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1199 kg | 2643 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 70 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Vokswagen | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.8 litre 1781 cc (108.683 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 81 × 86.4 mm
3.19 × 3.4 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.94 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 90 PS (89 bhp) (66 kW) at 5500 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 145 Nm (107 ft·lb) (14.8 kgm) at 2500 rpm |
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| Specific output | 37.3 kW/litre 50.7 ps/litre 50 bhp/litre 0.82 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
81.41 Nm/litre
0.98 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1023.1 kPa (148.4 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 445.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 9.5 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 14.4 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 178 km/h (111 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 75.26 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 55.35 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 74.23 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 18.07 kg/kW 30.18 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 5.8/7.4/10.4 l/100km 90 km/h / 120 km/h / urban | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 5.8/7.4/10.4 l/100km 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| km/litre | 17.2/13.5/9.6 km/l 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| UK MPG | 48.7/38.2/27.2 UK MPG 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| US MPG | 40.6/31.8/22.6 US MPG 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | rack & pinion | ||
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| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 6J x 14 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6J x 14 | ||
| Tyres front | 185/65 R 14 T | ||
| Tyres rear | 185/65 R 14 T | ||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr-S | ||
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| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
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| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 347578 | ||
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| RAC rating | 16.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1994 Volkswagen Passat 1.8 added 2013-07-18. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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