VOLVO V70 · 2.5 Sports-Line · Wagon · 1997 ‐ 1999

Volvo launched production from 1997 of automobiles model V70, modification 2.5 Sports-Line and finished it in 1999. In this car can fit 5 men including the driver, it has wagon form with five doors, and length 4.7 meters, weight 1.5 tons.

«V70 2.5 Sports-Line» have a front-wheel drive automobile with a 4-speed automatic gearbox. This car can be accelerated for 10.8 seconds to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 195 km/h, due to a 5-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection system», which generate a peak power of 144 hp at 5400 rpm.

Fuel tank volume of this car is 70 liters of petrol, thereby when medium fuel consumption is 10.3 l per 100 km (8 l on the suburban, 14.2 l in the urban), accordingly allows drive approximately 680 kilometers unrefueled.

The forward wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 280 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage using suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Back wheels have disks, 295 mm brakes and attached to the underframe with help of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the following size - 195/60VR15.

In accordance with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V70 gained the many quantity of stars - four, indicating that it is a reasonably safe automobile. Furthermore to active safety systems (Traction control, EBD, ABS), it is also has passive safety features (driver, side airbags).