VOLVO S40 · D5 R-Design · Sedan · 2009 ‐ 2010

From 2009 Volvo started manufacture of cars type S40, modification of D5 R-Design and finished it in 2010. In this automobile can sit 5 people including the driver, it has the body type of a sedan with 4 doors, and length 4.5 meters, weight 1.4 tons.

«S40 D5 R-Design» is a front wheel drive vehicle with a 6-speed manual gear shift. This auto can be accelerated for 7.9 s to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 225 km/h, due to a 5-cylinders diesel motor engine with a «common rail fuel system», which produce a peak output of 180 horsepower at 4000 rpm.

Fuel tank volume of this auto is 60 liters of diesel, thereby when mixed fuel rate is 6.2 liters per 100 km (4.9 l on the highway, 8.4 liters in the urban), what let you to go approximately 968 km unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 300 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis with help of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Rear wheels have disks, 278 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage through suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the next dimensions - 205/50R17.

In accordance with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S40 gained the maximal quantity of stars - five, which means that it is a highly safe automobile. Furthermore to dynamic systems of safety (ABS, Traction control, Brake assistant, EBD, ESP), it is also has passive safety (passenger, driver, side, head/curtain airbags).