VOLVO V50 · 2.4i R-Design · Wagon · 2009 ‐ 2010

Volvo started manufacture in 2009 of automobiles model V50, modification of 2.4i R-Design and terminated it in 2010. This car has five doors, the body is in the form a wagon, weight 1.3 tons and length 4.5 meters, that can seat 5 men total.

«V50 2.4i R-Design» automobile with a 5-speed manual gearbox is connected to the front-wheels. This car can be accelerated for 8.3 seconds to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 220 km/h, due to a 5-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a maximum output of 170 hp at 6000 rpm.

Fuel tank volume of this vehicle is 62 liters of petrol, thus when mixed fuel consumption is 8.5 liters per 100 km (6.6 l on the track, 12.4 liters in the city), what allows to go nearly 730 km without refueling.

The forward wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 300 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 278 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage using suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the following measure - 205/50R17.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V50 gained the maximum quantity of stars - five, which indicates that it is a perfect safe automobile. In addition to passive safety (side, driver, head/curtain, passenger airbags), it is also has dynamic safety systems such as ESP, EBD, ABS, Brake assistant, Traction control.