VOLVO V50 · 1.8F Edition II · Wagon · 2006 ‐ 2007

Volvo began production in 2006 of cars type V50, modification of 1.8F Edition II and closed it in 2007. This auto has five doors, the body chassis is in the form a wagon, weight 1.3 tons and length 4.5 meters, which allows a seat 5 person total.

«V50 1.8F Edition II» is a front-wheel drive vehicle with a 5-speed manual gear shift. The 4-cylinders petrol motor with «multipoint injection system» can produce power 125 horsepower at 6000 rmp, which allows you to speed up the automobile for 11 s to 100 km/h and achieve ceiling speed of 200 km/h.

Gas tank volume of this automobile is 55 liters of petrol, thus when normal fuel consumption is 7.4 liters per 100 km (5.8 l on the highway, 10.3 l in the urban), that allow you to go about 744 km without refueling.

The forward wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 300 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 278 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the next size - 205/55R16.

According to the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V50 received the maximum number of stars - 5, which indicates that it is a very safe vehicle. Furthermore to passive safety features (head/curtain, passenger, side, driver airbags), it is also has active safety such as ESP, EBD, ABS, Traction control, Brake assistant.