VOLVO V50 · D3 Summum · Wagon · 2010 ‐ 2011

From 2010 Volvo began manufacture of autos model V50, modification D3 Summum and terminated it in 2011. This automobile has 5 doors, the body is shaped like a wagon, weight 1.4 tons and length 4.5 meters, that can seat 5 people in sum.

«V50 D3 Summum» have a front wheel drive car with a 6-speed manual gear shift. The 5-cylinders diesel engine with «common rail fuel system» can produce power 150 horsepower at 3500 rmp, which allows you to accelerate the vehicle for 9.6 seconds to 100 km/h and achieve ceiling speed of 210 km/h.

Gas tank volume of this car is 60 l of diesel, so when intermediate fuel rate is 5.1 liters per 100 km (4 l on the suburban, 7 liters in the urban), accordingly allows drive about 1177 km without refueling.

The forward wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 300 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 278 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis by dint of suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Tires have the following measure - 205/55R16.

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