VOLVO V50 · 2.0D R-Design · Wagon · 2009 ‐ 2010

Volvo began manufacture from 2009 of autos type V50, modification of 2.0D R-Design and closed it in 2010. In this automobile can fit 5 person including the driver, it has wagon body type with five doors, and length 4.5 meters, weight 1.4 tons.

«V50 2.0D R-Design» is a front wheel drive auto with a 6-speed manual gear shift. This vehicle can speed up for 9.6 s to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 205 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders diesel motor with a «common rail fuel system», which produce a peak power of 136 horsepower at 4000 rpm.

Fuel tank capacity of this car is 52 l of diesel, thereby when normal fuel consumption is 5.8 l per 100 km (4.8 l on the track, 7.6 l in the urban), what let you drive nearly 897 kilometers unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 300 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis using suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rear wheels have disks, 278 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage by dint of suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the following measure - 205/50R17.

According to the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V50 got the maximal quantity of stars - five, which means that it is a highly safe car. Furthermore to passive safety features (passenger, driver, head/curtain, side airbags), it is also has dynamic safety systems such as ABS, Traction control, ESP, EBD, Brake assistant.