VOLVO S40 · T4 · Sedan · 2002 ‐ 2003

In 2002 Volvo began manufacture of cars model S40, modification of T4 and finished it in 2003. In this auto can sit 5 person including the driver, it has the body type of a sedan with 4 doors, and length 4.5 meters, weight 1.3 tons.

«S40 T4» is a front wheel drive auto with a 5-speed manual transmission. This auto can be accelerated for 7.3 seconds to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 235 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which generate a peak power of 200 horsepower at 5500 rpm.

Gas tank volume of this automobile is 60 l of petrol, so when intermediate fuel consumption is 8.9 liters per 100 km (6.7 liters on the suburban, 12.7 liters in the city), what allows to go roughly 675 kilometers without refueling.

The front wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis through suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the next size - 205/50ZR16.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S40 received the many number of stars - four, which indicates that it is a well safe car. In addition to passive systems of safety (head/curtain, passenger, driver, side airbags), it is also equipped with dynamic systems of safety such as ESP, ABS, Traction control, EBD.