VOLVO S40 · 1.8 · Sedan · 2000 ‐ 2002

From 2000 Volvo started production of autos type S40, modification 1.8 and finished it in 2002. In this vehicle can sit 5 men including the driver, it has sedan form with 4 doors, and length 4.5 meters, weight 1.2 tons.

«S40 1.8» is a front-wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed manual transmission. 4-cylinders petrol motor with «multipoint injection fuel system» can generate output 122 hp at 5800 rmp, allowing you to speed up the automobile for 10.5 seconds to 100 km/h and get top speed of 200 km/h.

Fuel tank volume of this auto is 60 liters of petrol, thereby when medium fuel rate is 8.1 l per 100 km (6.1 liters on the track, 11.6 l in the urban), that allow you to go roughly 741 km without refueling.

The forward wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe using suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the next measure - 185/65VR15.

In conformity with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S40 received the lot quantity of stars - four, which indicates that it is a well safe vehicle. In addition to passive systems of safety (passenger, driver, side, head/curtain airbags), it is also equipped with dynamic safety such as EBD, ABS.