VOLVO V40 · D3 Kinetic · Hatchback · 2012 ‐ 2024

Volvo started manufacture in 2012 of autos type V40, modification of D3 Kinetic. The weight of the car is 1.4 tons and a length of 4.4 meters, It is shaped as hatchback with five doors, and may be fit in 5 person including the driver.

«V40 D3 Kinetic» is a front-wheel drive auto with a 6-speed sequential automatic gear shift. This car can be accelerated for 9.3 seconds to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 205 km/h, due to a 5-cylinders diesel motor with a «common rail fuel system», which generate a maximum output of 150 horsepower at 3500 rpm.

Gas tank volume of this auto is 60 liters of diesel, therefore when mixed fuel consumption is 5.3 l per 100 km (4.3 liters on the highway, 6.9 liters in the urban), that let you to go approximately 1133 kilometers without refueling.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 300 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Back wheels have disks, 280 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the next size - 205/55R16.

In conformity with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V40 gained the maximum quantity of stars - 5, which means that it is a very safe car. Furthermore to active safety features (Brake assistant, ESP, ABS, EBD, Traction control), it is also equipped with passive safety (driver, head/curtain, side, passenger airbags).