VOLVO V40 · 2.0 Sports Edition · Wagon · 2003 ‐ 2004

In 2003 Volvo started production of automobiles type V40, modification of 2.0 Sports Edition and finished it in 2004. In this vehicle can sit 5 men including the driver, it has wagon form with five doors, and length 4.5 meters, weight 1.3 tons.

«V40 2.0 Sports Edition» is a front wheel drive vehicle with a 5-speed automatic gear shift. 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with «multipoint injection fuel system» can generate output 136 horsepower at 5800 rmp, allowing you to accelerate the auto in 10.7 seconds to 100 km/h and achieve top speed of 200 km/h.

Fuel tank volume of this car is 60 liters of petrol, thus when average fuel consumption is 8.9 liters per 100 km (6.6 liters on the highway, 12.8 l in the urban), what allow you drive nearly 675 km unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage using suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Back wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis with help of suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 215/45R17.

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