VOLVO S40 · 1.6D DRIVe · Sedan · 2008 ‐ 2010

Volvo began manufacture in 2008 of autos model S40, modification 1.6D DRIVe and terminated it in 2010. The weight of the car is 1.3 tons and a length of 4.5 meters, It is shaped as sedan with 4 doors, and may be placed in a 5 people with a driver.

«S40 1.6D DRIVe» automobile with a 5-speed manual transmission is connected to the front wheels. 4-cylinders diesel motor engine with «common rail fuel system» can generate power 109 hp at 4000 rmp, allowing you to accelerate the automobile in 11.4 seconds to 100 km/h and obtain maximum speed of 190 km/h.

Fuel tank volume of this automobile is 52 l of diesel, so when normal fuel consumption is 4.5 liters per 100 km (3.8 liters on the suburban, 5.7 l in the urban), that let you drive about 1156 km unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 300 mm brakes and attached to the underframe with help of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 278 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe through suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the next measure - 205/55R16.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S40 got the maximum quantity of stars - five, indicating that it is a perfect safe automobile. Furthermore to passive safety features (head/curtain, side, driver, passenger airbags), it is also has dynamic safety features such as Traction control, Brake assistant, EBD, ESP, ABS.