VOLVO V40 · 1.6 Europa Nordic · Wagon · 2003 ‐ 2004

Volvo started production in 2003 of automobiles type V40, modification 1.6 Europa Nordic and finished it in 2004. This auto has 5 doors, the body chassis is in the form a wagon, weight 1.3 tons and length 4.5 meters, that can seat 5 people in sum.

«V40 1.6 Europa Nordic» have a front-wheel drive vehicle with a 5-speed manual transmission. 4-cylinders petrol motor with «multipoint injection system» can produce output 109 horsepower at 5800 rmp, which allows you to accelerate the vehicle for 12 s to 100 km/h and get ceiling speed of 190 km/h.

Gas tank volume of this vehicle is 60 liters of petrol, thus when normal fuel rate is 7.7 l per 100 km (6 l on the track, 10.6 liters in the city), accordingly let you to go roughly 780 km unrefueled.

The forward wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 256 mm brakes and attached to the chassis by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 260 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage by dint of suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the next size - 195/60R15.

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