VOLVO S40 · D5 · Sedan · 2006 ‐ 2007

In 2006 Volvo launched manufacture of cars type S40, modification D5 and closed it in 2007. In this car can sit 5 men total, it has sedan body type with four doors, and length 4.5 meters, weight 1.4 tons.

«S40 D5» auto with a 5-speed sequential automatic transmission is fitted to the front wheels. This vehicle can speed up for 8.5 seconds to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 225 km/h, thanks to a 5-cylinders diesel motor with a «common rail system», which generate a peak power of 180 horsepower at 4000 rpm.

Gas tank capacity of this auto is 60 liters of diesel, thus when mixed fuel rate is 7 l per 100 km (5.5 l on the highway, 10 l in the city), that allows drive about 858 kilometers without refueling.

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

According to the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S40 received the maximum quantity of stars - 5, which indicates that it is a perfect safe car. Furthermore to passive systems of safety (passenger, side, driver, head/curtain airbags), it is also has active systems of safety such as ABS, ESP, Traction control, Brake assistant, EBD.