VOLVO S80 · 2.4 D · Sedan · 2002 ‐ 2003

From 2002 Volvo began manufacture of autos model S80, modification of 2.4 D and terminated it in 2003. In this car can sit 5 men including the driver, it has the form of a sedan with four doors, and length 4.8 meters, weight 1.6 tons.

«S80 2.4 D» is a front wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed automatic gearbox. The 5-cylinders diesel motor with «common rail fuel system» can produce power 130 horsepower at 4000 rmp, which allows you to speed up the vehicle for 12.3 seconds to 100 km/h and obtain maximum speed of 195 km/h.

Fuel tank volume of this vehicle is 70 liters of diesel, thus when average fuel rate is 7.8 l per 100 km (6.1 l on the suburban, 10.9 l in the city), that allows to go approximately 898 kilometers unrefueled.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 286 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage with help of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Back wheels have disks, 288 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis through suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the following measure - 215/55WR16.

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