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

From 2001 Volvo started manufacture of automobiles type V40, modification of 1.8 Europa Elegance and closed it in 2002. The weight of the car is 1.3 tn and a length of 4.5 meters, It is formed as wagon with 5 doors, and can be fit in 5 person with a driver.

«V40 1.8 Europa Elegance» vehicle with a 5-speed automatic gearbox is fitted to the front-wheels. This automobile can speed up for 11.5 s to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 195 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a peak power of 122 hp at 5800 rpm.

Fuel tank volume of this automobile is 60 l of petrol, thereby when normal fuel rate is 8.9 l per 100 km (6.5 liters on the highway, 13 l in the city), what allows drive about 675 km unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and attached to the underframe by dint of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage with help of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Tires have the following size - 195/60R15.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V40 gained the many quantity of stars - 4, indicating that it is a enough safe car. In addition to dynamic safety features (ABS, EBD), it is also equipped with passive safety features (passenger, side, driver, head/curtain airbags).