VOLVO V40 · 1.9 D Europa Elegance · Wagon · 2001 ‐ 2002

From 2001 Volvo began production of cars type V40, modification of 1.9 D Europa Elegance and finished it in 2002. This auto has 5 doors, the body is in the form a wagon, weight 1.3 tons and length 4.5 meters, which allows a seat 5 men total.

«V40 1.9 D Europa Elegance» automobile with a 5-speed manual gearbox is connected to the front-wheels. This car can be accelerated for 10.5 s to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 195 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders diesel motor with a «direct injection system», which produce a max output of 115 horsepower at 4000 rpm.

Fuel rate is 7.5 l in the urban driving mode, on the suburban 4.2 liters, and the medium fuel consumption is 5.4 liters per 100 kilometers. Tank volume is 60 liters of diesel, what provides to drive approximately 1112 kilometers unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and attached to the underframe through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Back wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and attached to the chassis with help of suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 195/60R15.

In accordance with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V40 gained the lot number of stars - four, which means that it is a reasonably safe vehicle. In addition to active safety (EBD, ABS), it is also equipped with passive systems of safety (passenger, side, head/curtain, driver airbags).