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

From 2002 Volvo launched production of autos model V40, modification 1.9 D Europa Sports and finished it in 2003. This auto has five doors, the body is shaped like a wagon, weight 1.3 tons and length 4.5 meters, which allows a seat 5 person in sum.

«V40 1.9 D Europa Sports» is a front-wheel drive vehicle with a 5-speed manual transmission. This auto can speed up for 10.5 s to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 195 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders diesel engine with a «common rail system», which generate a peak output of 115 horsepower at 4000 rpm.

Fuel tank volume of this auto is 60 liters of diesel, so when average fuel consumption is 5.4 l per 100 km (4.3 liters on the highway, 7.4 liters in the urban), accordingly let you drive nearly 1112 km without refueling.

The forward wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and attached to the underframe by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Back wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis by dint of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the following measure - 205/55R15.

In accordance with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V40 gained the many number of stars - four, which means that it is a enough safe automobile. Furthermore to passive safety (side, passenger, head/curtain, driver airbags), it is also has active systems of safety such as ABS, EBD.