VOLVO V40 · 1.8 Europa Elegance · Wagon · 2001 ‐ 2002

In 2001 Volvo started manufacture of automobiles type V40, modification 1.8 Europa Elegance and closed it in 2002. This 5-door wagon has a length of 4.5 meters, weight 1.3 tons and is designed to fit 5 passengers total.

«V40 1.8 Europa Elegance» auto with a 5-speed manual gearbox is connected to the front-wheels. This car can be accelerated for 10.5 seconds to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 200 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which generate a peak output of 122 horsepower at 5800 rpm.

Gas tank capacity of this automobile is 60 l of petrol, thereby when mixed fuel rate is 8.1 l per 100 km (6.1 l on the suburban, 11.6 liters in the urban), that let you to go about 741 kilometers unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Back wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe by dint of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the next size - 195/60R15.

In conformity with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V40 gained the lot number of stars - 4, which means that it is a reasonably safe vehicle. Furthermore to passive safety (passenger, side, head/curtain, driver airbags), it is also has dynamic safety such as EBD, ABS.