VOLVO S40 · 2.4 Kinetic · Sedan · 2004 ‐ 2006

Volvo started manufacture in 2004 of automobiles type S40, modification of 2.4 Kinetic and terminated it in 2006. The weight of the car is 1.3 tons and a length of 4.5 meters, It is formed as sedan with 4 doors, and can be placed in a 5 people with a driver.

«S40 2.4 Kinetic» vehicle with a 5-speed manual transmission is fitted to the front-wheels. This car can speed up for 9.9 seconds to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 205 km/h, thanks to a 5-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which generate a max output of 140 hp at 5000 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 12.3 l in the urban mode of driving, on the track 6.5 liters, and the medium fuel rate is 8.4 l per 100 kilometers. Fuel tank volume is 62 liters of petrol, what provides to drive about 739 km unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 300 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 278 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe using suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the following size - 205/55R16.

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