VOLVO S60 · T5 Kinetic · Sedan · 2004 ‐ 2008

Volvo began manufacture from 2004 of automobiles model S60, modification T5 Kinetic and terminated it in 2008. This automobile has four doors, the body is shaped like a sedan, weight 1.5 tons and length 4.6 meters, which can seat 5 people in sum.

«S60 T5 Kinetic» have a front wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed sequential automatic transmission. This vehicle can be accelerated for 6.9 s to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 250 km/h, owing to a 5-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which generate a peak power of 260 horsepower at 5200 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 14 l in the urban driving mode, on the highway 7.3 l, and the normal fuel consumption is 9.8 l per 100 kilometers. Tank volume is 70 l of petrol, what provides to drive roughly 715 kilometers without refueling.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 305 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis using suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Back wheels have disks, 288 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage with help of suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the next measure - 205/55WR16.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo S60 received the lot quantity of stars - four, indicating that it is a well safe car. In addition to active safety (Traction control, EBD, ESP, Brake assistant, ABS), it is also equipped with passive safety (passenger, driver, head/curtain, side airbags).