VOLVO V50 · 1.8 Sport · Wagon · 2009

Volvo began manufacture in 2009 of automobiles type V50, modification of 1.8 Sport and finished it in 2009. This 5-door wagon has a length of 4.5 meters, weight 1.3 tons and is destined to fit 5 people including the driver.

«V50 1.8 Sport» auto with a 5-speed manual gearbox is connected to the front-wheels. This auto can be accelerated for 11 s to 100 km/h, with a maximum speed of 200 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a max output of 125 hp at 6000 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 10.1 l in the urban mode of driving, on the highway 5.7 liters, and the mixed fuel consumption is 7.3 l per 100 km. Tank capacity is 55 liters of petrol, what lets to go nearly 754 kilometers without refueling.

The front wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 300 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 278 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage by dint of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the following measure - 205/50R17.

In accordance with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V50 got the higher quantity of stars - 5, indicating that it is a very safe vehicle. In addition to active systems of safety (ABS, ESP, Traction control, Brake assistant, EBD), it is also equipped with passive systems of safety (driver, passenger, side, head/curtain airbags).