VOLVO V40 · 1.9 D Europa Elegance · Wagon · 2002 ‐ 2003

From 2002 Volvo launched production of automobiles type V40, modification of 1.9 D Europa Elegance and terminated it in 2003. The weight of the car is 1.3 tn and a length of 4.5 m, It is formed as wagon with 5 doors, and may be fit in 5 person including the driver.

«V40 1.9 D Europa Elegance» vehicle with a 5-speed manual transmission is connected to the front-wheels. This automobile can be accelerated for 12 seconds to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 185 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders diesel motor engine with a «common rail fuel system», which produce a max output of 102 horsepower at 4000 rpm.

Gas tank capacity of this car is 60 liters of diesel, thus when medium fuel rate is 5.4 liters per 100 km (4.2 liters on the suburban, 7.5 liters in the urban), accordingly allow you drive roughly 1112 kilometers unrefueled.

The forward wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and attached to the chassis through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis by dint of suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 195/60R15.

According to the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V40 got the many number of stars - 4, which indicates that it is a well safe car. In addition to passive safety systems (side, head/curtain, passenger, driver airbags), it is also equipped with active safety systems such as ABS, EBD.