VOLVO V40 · 1.6 · Wagon · 2002 ‐ 2003

From 2002 Volvo started manufacture of automobiles model V40, modification 1.6 and closed it in 2003. This automobile has five doors, the body chassis is in the form a wagon, weight 1.3 tons and length 4.5 meters, which can seat 5 men total.

«V40 1.6» is a front-wheel drive car with a 5-speed manual gear shift. 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 auto in 12 seconds to 100 km/h and get top speed of 190 km/h.

Gas tank volume of this vehicle is 60 l of petrol, so when intermediate fuel rate is 7.7 l per 100 km (6 liters on the track, 10.6 l in the urban), what allows to go roughly 780 kilometers unrefueled.

The front wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe with help of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Rear wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage using suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Tires have the following measure - 185/65VR15.

According to the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V40 received the lot quantity of stars - 4, indicating that it is a well safe vehicle. In addition to passive safety features (passenger, head/curtain, side, driver airbags), it is also equipped with dynamic safety such as ABS, EBD.