VOLVO V40 · T4 · Wagon · 2000 ‐ 2002

In 2000 Volvo launched production of autos type V40, modification of T4 and finished it in 2002. This auto has five doors, the body chassis is shaped like a wagon, weight 1.3 tons and length 4.5 meters, that allows a seat 5 person total.

«V40 T4» is a front wheel drive vehicle with a 5-speed automatic transmission. This vehicle can be accelerated for 8 seconds to 100 km/h, with a maximum speed of 230 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which generate a maximum power of 200 hp at 5500 rpm.

Fuel tank capacity of this auto is 60 liters of petrol, therefore when average fuel consumption is 9.5 liters per 100 km (6.8 l on the highway, 14.2 liters in the urban), that let you drive nearly 632 kilometers unrefueled.

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

In accordance with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V40 gained the great quantity of stars - four, which indicates that it is a well safe vehicle. Furthermore to passive safety (driver, side, passenger, head/curtain airbags), it is also equipped with dynamic safety systems such as EBD, ABS, ESP.