VOLVO 240 Estate · Grand Luxe Diesel · Wagon · 1987 ‐ 1988

From 1987 Volvo launched manufacture of automobiles model 240 Estate, modification of 240 Grand Luxe Diesel Estate and finished it in 1988. In this car can fit 5 people including the driver, it has wagon form with five doors, and length 4.8 meters, weight 1.4 tons.

«240 Estate 240 Grand Luxe Diesel Estate» vehicle with a 5-speed manual gear shift is fitted to the rear wheels. This vehicle can be accelerated for 17.5 seconds to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 155 km/h, owing to a 6-cylinders diesel engine with a «indirect injection system», which generate a peak power of 79 horsepower at 4700 rpm.

Medium fuel consumption is 8.2 l per 100 km. Tank capacity is 60 liters of diesel, what lets to go nearly 732 km unrefueled.

The front wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks brakes and attached to the chassis through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Rear wheels have disks brakes and attached to the underframe through suspension type «Rigid, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 185SR14.

Volvo 240 Estate is not examined for crash test Euro NCAP. This auto does not have passive and active safety systems.