VOLVO S40 · 2.0 Europa Nordic · Sedan · 2003 ‐ 2004

From 2003 Volvo started manufacture of autos type S40, modification of 2.0 Europa Nordic and finished it in 2004. This 4-door sedan has a length of 4.5 meters, weight 1.3 tons and is designed to sit 5 passengers total.

«S40 2.0 Europa Nordic» is a front wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed manual gear shift. The 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with «multipoint injection fuel system» can produce output 136 hp at 5800 rmp, allowing you to speed up the automobile in 9.7 s to 100 km/h and get maximum speed of 205 km/h.

Gas tank volume of this auto is 60 l of petrol, thereby when normal fuel rate is 8.1 l per 100 km (6.1 liters on the suburban, 11.5 liters in the urban), accordingly let you to go nearly 741 kilometers unrefueled.

The front wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rear wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage by dint of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the next dimensions - 195/60R15.

In accordance with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S40 gained the lot number of stars - four, which means that it is a well safe automobile. In addition to passive safety features (passenger, side, driver, head/curtain airbags), it is also equipped with dynamic safety such as ABS, ESP, EBD.