VOLVO S80 · 2.4 Bi-Fuel CNG Elan · Sedan · 2002 ‐ 2003

From 2002 Volvo began production of automobiles type S80, modification 2.4 Bi-Fuel CNG Elan and terminated it in 2003. The weight of the car is 1.5 tons and a length of 4.8 m, It is shaped as sedan with four doors, and may be placed in a 5 person including the driver.

«S80 2.4 Bi-Fuel CNG Elan» auto with a 5-speed manual gear shift is connected to the front wheels. This automobile can be accelerated for 11 s to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 205 km/h, thanks to a 5-cylinders lp gas motor engine with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a maximum power of 140 horsepower at 5800 rpm.

Gas tank capacity of this vehicle is 70 l of lp gas, thereby when intermediate fuel consumption is 8.4 l per 100 km (6.4 l on the suburban, 11.7 liters in the city), what allow you drive roughly 834 km unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 286 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 288 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage by dint of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the following measure - 215/55WR16.

In accordance with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S80 gained the many quantity of stars - four, which means that it is a enough safe vehicle. In addition to passive safety systems (driver, passenger, side, head/curtain airbags), it is also has active safety systems such as ABS, Traction control, ESP, EBD.