VOLVO S40 · 1.8 · Sedan · 1999 ‐ 2000

Production modification 1.8 of automobile models S40 was launched in 1999 by Volvo, and lasted until 2000. In this vehicle can sit 5 men including the driver, it has sedan body type with 4 doors, and length 4.5 meters, weight 1.2 tons.

«S40 1.8» car with a 5-speed manual gear shift is fitted to the front-wheels. This vehicle can speed up for 10.5 s to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 200 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which generate a max power of 122 horsepower at 5800 rpm.

Gas tank volume of this vehicle is 60 liters of petrol, thereby when average fuel rate is 8.2 liters per 100 km (6.3 l on the track, 11.5 l in the city), what allows to go approximately 732 kilometers unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe using suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis through suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the following size - 195/55HR15.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S40 received the many quantity of stars - four, which indicates that it is a reasonably safe automobile. In addition to dynamic safety systems (EBD, ABS), it is also equipped with passive safety systems (side, driver, passenger airbags).