VOLVO S60 · R · Sedan · 2003 ‐ 2004

Volvo began manufacture from 2003 of cars type S60, modification of R and terminated it in 2004. This auto has four doors, the body chassis is in the form a sedan, weight 1.6 tons and length 4.6 meters, which can seat 5 person total.

«S60 R» is a full-wheel drive vehicle with a 6-speed manual gear shift. This vehicle can be accelerated for 5.7 seconds to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 250 km/h, due to a 5-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a maximum power of 300 horsepower at 5500 rpm.

Fuel tank volume of this automobile is 68 liters of petrol, thus when intermediate fuel rate is 10.7 l per 100 km (8.3 liters on the track, 14.7 l in the city), accordingly let you to go approximately 636 kilometers unrefueled.

The front wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 305 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage using suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 288 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe with help of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the following size - 235/45R17.

According to the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S60 got the great quantity of stars - four, which means that it is a well safe automobile. Furthermore to passive safety features (passenger, side, driver, head/curtain airbags), it is also equipped with active safety such as Traction control, EBD, ESP, Brake assistant, ABS.