VOLVO S80 · 2.4 D Elan · Sedan · 2003 ‐ 2004

From 2003 Volvo began production of cars type S80, modification of 2.4 D Elan and closed it in 2004. This car has four doors, the body is in the form a sedan, weight 1.6 tons and length 4.8 meters, that allows a seat 5 person total.

«S80 2.4 D Elan» car with a 5-speed manual transmission is connected to the front-wheels. This car can be accelerated for 11.9 seconds to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 200 km/h, due to a 5-cylinders diesel motor with a «common rail system», which produce a peak power of 130 horsepower at 4000 rpm.

Gas tank volume of this automobile is 70 l of diesel, thereby when average fuel consumption is 6.5 l per 100 km (5.1 l on the suburban, 8.8 liters in the city), that let you to go roughly 1077 km without refueling.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 286 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Rear wheels have disks, 288 mm brakes and attached to the chassis by dint of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 215/55R16.

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