VOLVO V50 · 1.6D DRIVe Start/Stop Kinetic · Wagon · 2009 ‐ 2010

Model of autos V50, modification of 1.6D DRIVe Start/Stop Kinetic began producing by Volvo from 2009 and closed in 2010. The weight of the car is 1.3 tn and a length of 4.5 m, It is shaped as wagon with five doors, and may be fit in 5 people including the driver.

«V50 1.6D DRIVe Start/Stop Kinetic» is a front-wheel drive auto with a 5-speed manual gear shift. This auto can be accelerated for 11.5 s to 100 km/h, with a maximum speed of 190 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders diesel engine with a «common rail fuel system», which produce a maximum power of 109 horsepower at 4000 rpm.

Fuel rate is 4.9 l in the urban driving mode, on the highway 3.4 liters, and the mixed fuel rate is 3.9 l per 100 km. Tank volume is 52 l of diesel, what allow you to go nearly 1334 km unrefuelled.

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

In accordance with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V50 gained the higher number of stars - 5, indicating that it is a perfect safe auto. In addition to dynamic safety features (EBD, ABS, ESP, Brake assistant, Traction control), it is also has passive systems of safety (driver, side, head/curtain, passenger airbags).