VOLVO V40 · 1.8 Luxury-Line · Wagon · 1996 ‐ 1999

Make of automobiles V40, modification of 1.8 Luxury-Line manufactured by Volvo from 1996 and closed in 1999. In this auto can sit 5 men including the driver, it has wagon form with 5 doors, and length 4.5 meters, weight 1.3 tons.

«V40 1.8 Luxury-Line» vehicle with a 5-speed manual gearbox is connected to the front-wheels. This auto can be accelerated for 11 s to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 195 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which generate a peak output of 115 hp at 5500 rpm.

Gas tank capacity of this auto is 60 liters of petrol, thus when mixed fuel consumption is 8.6 liters per 100 km (6.7 liters on the track, 12 liters in the urban), what allows drive nearly 698 kilometers unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and attached to the chassis using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the next size - 195/55HR15.

In conformity with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V40 received the lot quantity of stars - four, which means that it is a enough safe automobile. In addition to passive safety features (side, driver airbags), it is also equipped with active safety such as EBD, ABS.