VOLVO V40 · 1.8 · Wagon · 1999 ‐ 2000

From 1999 Volvo started production of autos model V40, modification of 1.8 and closed it in 2000. The weight of the car is 1.3 tons and a length of 4.5 meters, It is formed as wagon with five doors, and may be fit in 5 person with a driver.

«V40 1.8» car with a 5-speed manual transmission is connected to the front-wheels. This auto can be accelerated for 10.5 seconds to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 200 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection system», which generate a peak power of 122 hp at 5800 rpm.

Gas tank volume of this auto is 60 liters of petrol, thus when mixed fuel rate is 8.2 liters per 100 km (6.3 liters on the highway, 11.5 l in the urban), what allow you drive approximately 732 kilometers unrefueled.

The forward wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and attached to the chassis by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis by dint of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the following measure - 195/55HR15.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V40 gained the lot number of stars - 4, which indicates that it is a enough safe auto. In addition to active safety features (ABS, EBD), it is also has passive safety features (side, passenger, driver airbags).