VOLVO S70 · 2.5 D Comfort Europa · Sedan · 1999

From 1999 Volvo started manufacture of automobiles type S70, modification 2.5 D Comfort Europa and closed it in 1999. In this auto can sit 5 person including the driver, it has sedan body type with 4 doors, and length 4.7 meters, weight 1.5 tons.

«S70 2.5 D Comfort Europa» vehicle with a 4-speed automatic gearbox is connected to the front-wheels. This automobile can speed up for 10.7 s to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 195 km/h, owing to a 5-cylinders diesel motor engine with a «direct injection fuel system», which generate a max power of 140 hp at 4000 rpm.

Fuel tank capacity of this auto is 70 l of diesel, thereby when normal fuel rate is 7.3 l per 100 km (5.5 liters on the highway, 10.4 liters in the city), accordingly allows drive about 959 km unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 280 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage by dint of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 295 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 195/60VR15.

In accordance with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S70 received the lot quantity of stars - four, which indicates that it is a well safe automobile. Furthermore to passive safety systems (passenger, side, driver airbags), it is also equipped with dynamic safety systems such as ABS, EBD.