VOLVO V50 · D5 · Wagon · 2008

Volvo launched production from 2008 of autos model V50, modification D5 and finished it in 2008. This car has five doors, the body chassis is shaped like a wagon, weight 1.4 tons and length 4.5 meters, which can seat 5 person in sum.

«V50 D5» have a front wheel drive vehicle with a 6-speed manual gear shift. This auto can speed up for 8 s to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 225 km/h, owing to a 5-cylinders diesel motor with a «common rail system», which produce a maximum output of 180 hp at 4000 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 8.3 liters in the urban driving mode, on the suburban 5.1 liters, and the normal fuel consumption is 6.3 liters per 100 kilometers. Tank capacity is 60 liters of diesel, what provides to go nearly 953 kilometers unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 300 mm brakes and attached to the underframe using suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 278 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe through suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 205/55R16.

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