VOLVO V40 · 1.6 Business · Wagon · 2000 ‐ 2002

From 2000 Volvo started manufacture of automobiles model V40, modification 1.6 Business and finished it in 2002. In this automobile can sit 5 men total, it has the body type of a wagon with 5 doors, and length 4.5 meters, weight 1.3 tons.

«V40 1.6 Business» vehicle with a 5-speed manual gearbox is fitted to the front wheels. The 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with «multipoint injection fuel system» can produce power 109 hp at 5800 rmp, which allows you to accelerate the vehicle for 12 s to 100 km/h and obtain peak speed of 190 km/h.

Fuel tank volume of this auto is 60 liters of petrol, thereby when intermediate fuel consumption is 7.9 liters per 100 km (6 l on the highway, 11.1 liters in the urban), what allow you drive approximately 760 kilometers without refueling.

The forward wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Rear wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis through suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the following measure - 185/65VR15.

In conformity with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V40 got the great quantity of stars - four, which means that it is a reasonably safe car. In addition to dynamic safety features (EBD, ABS), it is also equipped with passive safety features (side, passenger, head/curtain, driver airbags).