VOLVO S40 · 1.9 D Europa Elegance · Sedan · 2002 ‐ 2003

In 2002 Volvo began manufacture of autos type S40, modification of 1.9 D Europa Elegance and terminated it in 2003. This vehicle has 4 doors, the body chassis is shaped like a sedan, weight 1.3 tons and length 4.5 meters, which can seat 5 men total.

«S40 1.9 D Europa Elegance» vehicle with a 5-speed manual gearbox is fitted to the front-wheels. This vehicle can speed up for 10.5 s to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 195 km/h, thanks to a 4-cylinders diesel motor engine with a «common rail system», which produce a peak output of 115 horsepower at 4000 rpm.

Fuel rate is 7.4 l in the urban mode of driving, on the highway 4.3 l, and the average fuel consumption is 5.4 l per 100 km. Fuel tank volume is 60 l of diesel, what provides to drive nearly 1112 km unrefueled.

The front wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and attached 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 undercarriage through suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the next measure - 195/60R15.

According to the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S40 gained the many number of stars - four, which means that it is a reasonably safe automobile. Furthermore to dynamic safety (EBD, ABS), it is also has passive safety (passenger, side, driver, head/curtain airbags).