VOLVO S40 · 1.6 Europa Elegance · Sedan · 2002 ‐ 2003

In 2002 Volvo began manufacture of cars model S40, modification of 1.6 Europa Elegance and finished it in 2003. The weight of the car is 1.2 tons and a length of 4.5 m, It is shaped as sedan with 4 doors, and can be placed in a 5 men including the driver.

«S40 1.6 Europa Elegance» is a front-wheel drive vehicle with a 5-speed manual gear shift. This auto can speed up for 12 seconds to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 190 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a peak power of 109 hp at 5800 rpm.

Gas tank capacity of this auto is 60 liters of petrol, thus when intermediate fuel consumption is 7.7 liters per 100 km (6 liters on the highway, 10.6 liters in the city), what allows to go roughly 780 km without refueling.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the following measure - 195/60R15.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S40 received the great quantity of stars - four, indicating that it is a enough safe automobile. Furthermore to dynamic systems of safety (ABS, EBD), it is also has passive safety (driver, side, head/curtain, passenger airbags).