PEUGEOT 406 · SV 3.0-24V V6 · Sedan · 1998 ‐ 1999

Type of automobiles 406, modification SV 3.0-24V V6 launched manufacture by Peugeot from 1998 and finished in 1999. The weight of the car is 1.4 tn and a length of 4.6 m, It is shaped as sedan with four doors, and may be placed in a 5 men including the driver.

«406 SV 3.0-24V V6» have a front-wheel drive auto with a 4-speed automatic gearbox. This vehicle can speed up for 9.7 s to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 227 km/h, due to a 6-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a max output of 194 horsepower at 5500 rpm.

Fuel rate is 17.2 l in the urban mode of driving, on the suburban 8.4 liters, and the mixed fuel rate is 11.6 l per 100 km. Fuel tank capacity is 70 l of petrol, what provides to go approximately 604 kilometers unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this model have ventilated disks brakes and attached to the chassis by dint of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have disks brakes and fixed to the undercarriage using suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the next dimensions - 205/60VR15.

In accordance with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Peugeot 406 gained the 2 number of stars. Furthermore to passive safety features (passenger, driver airbags), it is also has active safety features such as ABS.