VOLVO V40 · T4 · Wagon · 1997 ‐ 2000

From 1997 Volvo launched manufacture of automobiles type V40, modification of T4 and terminated it in 2000. The weight of the car is 1.3 tn and a length of 4.5 meters, It is shaped as wagon with five doors, and may be fit in 5 people with a driver.

«V40 T4» have a front-wheel drive auto with a 4-speed automatic gear shift. This automobile can speed up for 8.4 s to 100 km/h, with a maximum speed of 225 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a peak power of 200 horsepower at 5200 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 13.5 l in the urban mode of driving, on the highway 7.5 liters, and the medium fuel consumption is 9.7 l per 100 kilometers. Gas tank volume is 60 liters of petrol, what allow you to drive approximately 619 km unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Rear wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe with help of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 205/50ZR16.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V40 received the many quantity of stars - four, which means that it is a reasonably safe car. Furthermore to active systems of safety (Traction control, EBD, ABS), it is also equipped with passive systems of safety (passenger, side, driver airbags).