VOLVO V40 · 2.0 Europa Elegance · Wagon · 2001 ‐ 2002

Type of automobiles V40, modification 2.0 Europa Elegance started manufacturing by Volvo from 2001 and terminated in 2002. In this car can fit 5 men total, it has the body type of a wagon with 5 doors, and length 4.5 meters, weight 1.3 tons.

«V40 2.0 Europa Elegance» have a front wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed automatic gear shift. This car can speed up for 10.7 s to 100 km/h, with a maximum speed of 200 km/h, thanks to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a max power of 136 hp at 5800 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 13.2 l in the urban mode of driving, on the suburban 6.7 l, and the mixed fuel rate is 9.1 liters per 100 km. Tank volume is 60 liters of petrol, what provides to go about 660 kilometers unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis by dint of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Back wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the next measure - 195/60VR15.

In conformity with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V40 gained the lot quantity of stars - 4, indicating that it is a well safe car. Furthermore to passive systems of safety (driver, head/curtain, side, passenger airbags), it is also equipped with active safety features such as EBD, ABS.