Almost 15 years after the premiere of Sharan Volkswagen pull the market a new generation of the model. Compared with the old model, the new is much bigger. Another important change – doors are already opened and closed by sliding.
The manufacturer announced the starting price for the model market in Germany from € 28,875 at a special presentation on Thursday in Munich. The new Sharan has a 2.92 m wheelbase, ie extended by 8 cm than that in the old familiar pattern. The total length of the tank is 4.85 meters or 22 centimeters more than in the old model.
The main feature of the new generation are sliding doors. The new Sharan can be ordered with the optional five, six or seven seats. The second row seats can be adjusted along the length of the car and also be folded, and the two seats at the back can be fully moved into the floor of the trunk. Thus the volume of freight compartment bath ranges from 711 to 2430 liters.
The range of engines includes two petrol and two diesel engines (all with direct fuel injection and four-cylinder) power of 103 hp KW/140 hp to 147 kW/200 Despite the large amount of new Sharan is 30 kg lighter than the old. Furthermore, most versions of the model is equipped with start-stop automatic system for regenerating energy from braking effort. This should reduce costs by up to 21%. The most economical version as Volkswagen has an average consumption of 5.5 liters diesel.
