VOLVO S40 · 2.0 Europa Elegance · Sedan · 2002 ‐ 2003

In 2002 Volvo began manufacture of automobiles model S40, modification of 2.0 Europa Elegance and terminated it in 2003. This 4-door sedan has a length of 4.5 meters, weight 1.3 tons and is designed to sit 5 passengers including the driver.

«S40 2.0 Europa Elegance» car with a 5-speed manual gear shift is fitted to the front wheels. 4-cylinders petrol engine with «multipoint injection fuel system» can produce power 136 horsepower at 5800 rmp, which allows you to speed up the vehicle in 9.7 seconds to 100 km/h and obtain peak speed of 205 km/h.

Gas tank capacity of this auto is 60 l of petrol, thus when intermediate fuel rate is 8.1 liters per 100 km (6.1 l on the track, 11.5 l in the urban), accordingly allow you to go about 741 kilometers without refueling.

The forward wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage using suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Back wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis by dint of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the next measure - 195/60VR15.

According to the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S40 gained the lot quantity of stars - 4, which indicates that it is a enough safe vehicle. In addition to passive safety features (side, passenger, driver, head/curtain airbags), it is also has dynamic systems of safety such as ABS, EBD.