VOLVO V70 · 2.4 Black Sapphire Edition · Wagon · 2004

From 2004 Volvo began production of cars type V70, modification 2.4 Black Sapphire Edition and terminated it in 2004. In this car can sit 5 person total, it has the form of a wagon with 5 doors, and length 4.7 meters, weight 1.5 tons.

«V70 2.4 Black Sapphire Edition» have a front-wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed manual gearbox. This car can be accelerated for 10.5 s to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 205 km/h, owing to a 5-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which generate a peak power of 140 hp at 5100 rpm.

Gas tank capacity of this auto is 70 l of petrol, so when intermediate fuel rate is 9.1 liters per 100 km (7 l on the track, 12.6 liters in the city), accordingly let you to go roughly 770 km without refueling.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 305 mm brakes and attached to the underframe using suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 288 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the next dimensions - 225/45R17.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V70 got the lot quantity of stars - 4, indicating that it is a reasonably safe vehicle. In addition to active safety systems (ABS, Traction control, EBD, ESP), it is also has passive safety features (head/curtain, side, passenger, driver airbags).