VOLVO S80 · 2.9 Kinetic · Sedan · 2004 ‐ 2005

From 2004 Volvo began production of automobiles type S80, modification 2.9 Kinetic and finished it in 2005. In this auto can sit 5 men total, it has sedan form with four doors, and length 4.8 meters, weight 1.5 tons.

«S80 2.9 Kinetic» auto with a 4-speed sequential automatic gearbox is connected to the front-wheels. The 6-cylinders petrol engine with «multipoint injection fuel system» can produce output 196 horsepower at 5200 rmp, which allows you to speed up the auto for 8.9 seconds to 100 km/h and obtain maximum speed of 225 km/h.

Fuel tank volume of this vehicle is 80 liters of petrol, thereby when medium fuel consumption is 10.6 l per 100 km (8.2 l on the suburban, 14.9 liters in the city), that allows to go about 755 km unrefueled.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 305 mm brakes and attached to the underframe using suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 288 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe with help of suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 215/55R16.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S80 received the lot quantity of stars - 4, which means that it is a well safe automobile. In addition to passive systems of safety (side, head/curtain, driver, passenger airbags), it is also equipped with active systems of safety such as ESP, ABS, Brake assistant, EBD, Traction control.