VOLVO V40 · 2.0 T Europa Nordic · Wagon · 2003 ‐ 2004

In 2003 Volvo started production of automobiles model V40, modification of 2.0 T Europa Nordic and terminated it in 2004. This car has 5 doors, the body is shaped like a wagon, weight 1.3 tons and length 4.5 meters, which can seat 5 person in sum.

«V40 2.0 T Europa Nordic» is a front wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed manual transmission. The 4-cylinders petrol motor with «multipoint injection system» can generate output 165 hp at 5250 rmp, which allows you to accelerate the vehicle for 8.5 s to 100 km/h and achieve peak speed of 220 km/h.

Gas tank volume of this automobile is 60 liters of petrol, so when intermediate fuel consumption is 7.9 liters per 100 km (6.1 l on the suburban, 10.9 l in the urban), that allow you to go roughly 760 kilometers unrefueled.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Rear wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis with help of suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Tires have the following measure - 195/60VR15.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V40 got the many quantity of stars - four, which means that it is a enough safe auto. Furthermore to passive safety (passenger, side, head/curtain, driver airbags), it is also equipped with active safety systems such as ESP, ABS, EBD.