VOLVO V40 · 1.8 Bi-Fuel Europa Sports · Wagon · 2002 ‐ 2003

Model of cars V40, modification 1.8 Bi-Fuel Europa Sports started producing by Volvo from 2002 and terminated in 2003. 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 1.8 Bi-Fuel Europa Sports» car with a 5-speed manual gear shift is connected to the front wheels. This car can be accelerated for 11 seconds to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 200 km/h, thanks to a 4-cylinders lp gas motor engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which generate a max output of 120 horsepower at 5800 rpm.

Fuel tank capacity of this vehicle is 60 l of lp gas, so when medium fuel consumption is 10.4 liters per 100 km (8.2 liters on the track, 14.3 l in the city), accordingly allows to go about 577 km without refueling.

The forward wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis using suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Rear wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and attached to the underframe by dint of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the following measure - 205/60R15.

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