VOLVO V70 · T4 R-Edition · Wagon · 2012 ‐ 2013

Volvo began manufacture in 2012 of automobiles model V70, modification T4 R-Edition and terminated it in 2013. In this car can sit 5 men including the driver, it has wagon form with 5 doors, and length 4.8 meters, weight 1.5 tons.

«V70 T4 R-Edition» is a front wheel drive car with a 6-speed manual gear shift. This car can speed up for 8.7 seconds to 100 km/h, with a maximum speed of 215 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol motor with a «direct injection fuel system», which produce a peak power of 180 horsepower at 5700 rpm.

Fuel tank volume of this auto is 70 l of petrol, so when medium fuel rate is 6.8 liters per 100 km (5.5 l on the suburban, 9 liters in the city), that allows drive roughly 1030 kilometers unrefueled.

The forward wheels of this auto have ventilated disks brakes and attached to the undercarriage using suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rearward wheels have disks brakes and fixed to the underframe using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the next size - 245/40R18.

In conformity with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V70 received the higher number of stars - 5, which indicates that it is a highly safe vehicle. In addition to dynamic safety (ESP, Brake assistant, Traction control, ABS, EBD), it is also has passive systems of safety (driver, side, passenger, head/curtain airbags).