VOLVO S60 · 2.4 Sports Edition · Sedan · 2003 ‐ 2004

From 2003 Volvo started manufacture of autos type S60, modification 2.4 Sports Edition and terminated it in 2004. In this automobile can sit 5 person including the driver, it has the form of a sedan with 4 doors, and length 4.6 meters, weight 1.5 tons.

«S60 2.4 Sports Edition» have a front wheel drive auto with a 5-speed manual transmission. This automobile can be accelerated for 10.2 s to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 210 km/h, thanks to a 5-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection system», which generate a peak power of 140 hp at 4500 rpm.

Gas tank capacity of this vehicle is 70 liters of petrol, thus when average fuel consumption is 8.9 liters per 100 km (6.9 liters on the highway, 12.4 liters in the city), that allows to go roughly 787 km unrefueled.

The forward wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 305 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 288 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis through suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the next measure - 225/45R17.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S60 received the many quantity of stars - four, which means that it is a enough safe vehicle. Furthermore to dynamic safety features (ABS, Traction control, EBD, ESP), it is also has passive safety features (passenger, driver, side, head/curtain airbags).