VOLVO S60 · 2.5T Edition · Sedan · 2008 ‐ 2009

From 2008 Volvo began manufacture of autos type S60, modification 2.5T Edition and closed it in 2009. In this automobile can sit 5 men including the driver, it has the form of a sedan with 4 doors, and length 4.6 meters, weight 1.4 tons.

«S60 2.5T Edition» is a front wheel drive vehicle with a 5-speed manual gearbox. This car can be accelerated for 7 s to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 235 km/h, thanks to a 5-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a peak power of 210 horsepower at 5000 rpm.

Fuel tank volume of this automobile is 70 liters of petrol, thus when intermediate fuel rate is 9.1 l per 100 km (6.9 l on the suburban, 12.9 l in the urban), what allows drive roughly 770 kilometers unrefueled.

The front wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 305 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Rear wheels have disks, 288 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe through suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the next size - 205/55WR16.

In accordance with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S60 gained the many quantity of stars - 4, which indicates that it is a reasonably safe auto. In addition to active systems of safety (Traction control, ABS, EBD, Brake assistant, ESP), it is also equipped with passive systems of safety (driver, head/curtain, side, passenger airbags).