VOLVO V40 · 2.0 T Sports-Line · Wagon · 1998 ‐ 2000

Model of cars V40, modification of 2.0 T Sports-Line began manufacture by Volvo in 1998 and closed in 2000. This automobile has 5 doors, the body chassis is shaped like a wagon, weight 1.3 tons and length 4.5 meters, that can seat 5 people in sum.

«V40 2.0 T Sports-Line» have a front-wheel drive vehicle with a 4-speed automatic gearbox. This automobile can be accelerated for 9 s to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 210 km/h, thanks to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a maximum power of 160 horsepower at 5100 rpm.

Fuel tank capacity of this vehicle is 60 liters of petrol, so when intermediate fuel rate is 9.5 l per 100 km (7.3 l on the track, 13.3 l in the city), that allows to go approximately 632 kilometers unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and attached to the underframe through suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the next measure - 195/55VR15.

According to the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V40 received the lot quantity of stars - four, indicating that it is a reasonably safe vehicle. In addition to dynamic safety features (ABS, EBD), it is also equipped with passive safety features (driver, side, passenger airbags).