VOLVO V50 · 2.4i Elite · Wagon · 2004

Volvo launched production from 2004 of autos type V50, modification of 2.4i Elite and finished it in 2004. In this automobile can fit 5 person including the driver, it has the form of a wagon with five doors, and length 4.5 meters, weight 1.4 tons.

«V50 2.4i Elite» have a front-wheel drive car with a 5-speed sequential automatic gearbox. This vehicle can be accelerated for 9 seconds to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 215 km/h, due to a 5-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which generate a maximum power of 170 horsepower at 6000 rpm.

Fuel rate is 13.3 l in the urban driving mode, on the highway 6.8 liters, and the mixed fuel consumption is 9.2 liters per 100 km. Gas tank volume is 62 l of petrol, what provides to go nearly 674 km unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 300 mm brakes and attached to the chassis through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Back wheels have disks, 278 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 205/55R16.

According to the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V50 received the maximum quantity of stars - five, which means that it is a highly safe automobile. In addition to active safety (ABS, EBD, ESP, Traction control, Brake assistant), it is also has passive safety (side, passenger, head/curtain, driver airbags).