VOLVO S40 · 2.4i Edition I · Sedan · 2008 ‐ 2010

Manufacturing modification 2.4i Edition I of automobile models S40 was launched in 2008 by Volvo, and closed in 2010. In this automobile can sit 5 person total, it has the form of a sedan with four doors, and length 4.5 meters, weight 1.4 tons.

«S40 2.4i Edition I» is a front wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed sequential automatic transmission. This auto can speed up for 8.9 s to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 215 km/h, thanks to a 5-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a peak power of 170 horsepower at 6000 rpm.

Fuel tank volume of this auto is 62 l of petrol, so when medium fuel consumption is 9.1 l per 100 km (6.7 liters on the suburban, 13.2 liters in the city), that allows drive roughly 682 km without refueling.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 300 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe with help of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Back wheels have disks, 278 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis using suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the next dimensions - 205/55R16.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S40 gained the maximal quantity of stars - five, indicating that it is a very safe auto. Furthermore to passive systems of safety (driver, side, passenger, head/curtain airbags), it is also has dynamic safety systems such as EBD, Brake assistant, ESP, Traction control, ABS.