VOLVO S40 · T4 Comfort-Line · Sedan · 1997 ‐ 1999

In 1997 Volvo started production of autos model S40, modification T4 Comfort-Line and closed it in 1999. In this car can sit 5 men including the driver, it has sedan form with 4 doors, and length 4.5 meters, weight 1.3 tons.

«S40 T4 Comfort-Line» is a front wheel drive automobile with a 4-speed automatic gear shift. This vehicle can speed up for 8.4 s to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 225 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a peak power of 200 hp at 5200 rpm.

Fuel tank capacity of this auto is 60 liters of petrol, so when intermediate fuel rate is 9.9 l per 100 km (7.6 liters on the highway, 14 l in the city), that let you to go about 607 kilometers unrefueled.

The front wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and attached to the chassis using suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the next size - 205/50ZR16.

In conformity with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S40 got the lot number of stars - 4, indicating that it is a reasonably safe car. Furthermore to passive safety systems (driver, side airbags), it is also equipped with dynamic safety systems such as EBD, ABS, Traction control.