VOLVO V50 · 2.0 Kinetic · Wagon · 2007 ‐ 2024

Volvo launched manufacture from 2007 of automobiles type V50, modification 2.0 Kinetic. The weight of the car is 1.3 tons and a length of 4.5 m, It is shaped as wagon with five doors, and may be placed in a 5 people with a driver.

«V50 2.0 Kinetic» car with a 5-speed manual transmission is connected to the front wheels. This vehicle can be accelerated for 9.6 s to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 210 km/h, thanks to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection system», which generate a peak output of 145 hp at 6000 rpm.

Fuel tank volume of this vehicle is 55 l of petrol, so when medium fuel rate is 7.6 liters per 100 km (5.7 l on the suburban, 10.8 l in the urban), that allows to go approximately 724 kilometers without refueling.

The front wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 300 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 278 mm brakes and attached to the chassis using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the next dimensions - 205/55R16.

According to the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V50 gained the higher quantity of stars - 5, indicating that it is a highly safe vehicle. In addition to active safety features (ESP, ABS, EBD, Brake assistant, Traction control), it is also has passive safety features (side, head/curtain, driver, passenger airbags).