VOLVO S40 · T4 · Sedan · 2002 ‐ 2003

Manufacturing version T4 of automobile models S40 was started in 2002 by Volvo, and finished in 2003. 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» is a front wheel drive vehicle with a 5-speed automatic gear shift. This car can speed up for 8 s to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 230 km/h, thanks to a 4-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a peak output of 200 horsepower at 5500 rpm.

Fuel tank capacity of this automobile is 60 liters of petrol, so when mixed fuel rate is 9.5 l per 100 km (6.8 l on the track, 14.3 liters in the urban), what let you to go approximately 632 km unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage with help of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rear wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the next dimensions - 205/50ZR16.

In accordance with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S40 gained the lot quantity of stars - four, which indicates that it is a well safe car. In addition to active safety systems (ESP, EBD, ABS), it is also has passive safety systems (passenger, head/curtain, driver, side airbags).