VOLVO S80 · 2.4 Elite · Sedan · 2002 ‐ 2003

From 2002 Volvo started production of cars type S80, modification 2.4 Elite and terminated it in 2003. The weight of the car is 1.5 tons and a length of 4.8 m, It is formed as sedan with 4 doors, and may be fit in 5 people including the driver.

«S80 2.4 Elite» have a front-wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed manual gear shift. The 5-cylinders petrol motor with «multipoint injection fuel system» can produce power 140 horsepower at 4500 rmp, allowing you to accelerate the auto for 10.5 s to 100 km/h and achieve maximum speed of 205 km/h.

Fuel consumption is 12.2 l in the city mode of driving, on the track 6.9 l, and the intermediate fuel rate is 8.9 l per 100 kilometers. Gas tank capacity is 70 liters of petrol, what allow you to go roughly 787 kilometers unrefueled.

The front wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 286 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 288 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage through suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the following measure - 205/65VR15.

According to the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S80 gained the great number of stars - 4, which means that it is a reasonably safe automobile. Furthermore to passive safety features (passenger, driver, side, head/curtain airbags), it is also has dynamic safety systems such as EBD, Traction control, ESP, ABS.