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

In 2002 Volvo launched production of autos model S40, modification of 1.9 D Europa Sports and closed it in 2003. In this automobile can fit 5 people including the driver, it has sedan body type with 4 doors, and length 4.5 meters, weight 1.3 tons.

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

Fuel consumption is 7.4 liters in the city mode of driving, on the highway 4.3 liters, and the mixed fuel consumption is 5.4 l per 100 km. Fuel tank volume is 60 liters of diesel, what lets to go about 1112 kilometers without refueling.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and attached to the chassis through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Rear wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage by dint of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the next size - 205/60R15.

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