VOLVO V40 · 1.8i Europa Elegance · Wagon · 2001 ‐ 2002

Manufacturing version 1.8i Europa Elegance of automobile models V40 was started in 2001 by Volvo, and finished in 2002. In this automobile can sit 5 men total, it has the body type of a wagon with five doors, and length 4.5 meters, weight 1.3 tons.

«V40 1.8i Europa Elegance» car with a 5-speed manual transmission is fitted to the front-wheels. This car can be accelerated for 10.5 s to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 200 km/h, thanks to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «direct injection fuel system», which generate a maximum output of 125 hp at 5500 rpm.

Gas tank volume of this automobile is 60 liters of petrol, therefore when intermediate fuel rate is 6.9 l per 100 km (5.7 liters on the track, 9.1 liters in the urban), accordingly allow you to go approximately 870 km unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis with help of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Back wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the following measure - 185/65VR15.

In accordance with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V40 got the many number of stars - four, which indicates that it is a well safe vehicle. In addition to passive safety systems (passenger, driver, side, head/curtain airbags), it is also has active safety features such as ABS, EBD.