VOLVO V50 · 2.4i · Wagon · 2007 ‐ 2010

Volvo began production from 2007 of automobiles type V50, modification of 2.4i and closed it in 2010. This car has five doors, the body chassis is in the form a wagon, weight 1.4 tons and length 4.5 meters, which can seat 5 people total.

«V50 2.4i» have a front-wheel drive auto with a 5-speed sequential automatic gearbox. This auto can be accelerated for 9 s to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 215 km/h, due to a 5-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a maximum power of 170 hp at 6000 rpm.

Fuel tank capacity of this vehicle is 62 l of petrol, thus when average fuel rate is 9.1 liters per 100 km (6.7 l on the suburban, 13.2 liters in the urban), what allows to go nearly 682 km without refueling.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 300 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis using suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Rear wheels have disks, 278 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage by dint of suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the following measure - 205/55R16.

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