VOLVO V50 · 1.6D Edition II · Wagon · 2007 ‐ 2009

From 2007 Volvo started manufacture of automobiles model V50, modification 1.6D Edition II and terminated it in 2009. The weight of the car is 1.3 tons and a length of 4.5 meters, It is formed as wagon with 5 doors, and may be placed in a 5 people with a driver.

«V50 1.6D Edition II» have a front-wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed manual transmission. This car can be accelerated for 12.1 s to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 190 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders diesel motor engine with a «common rail fuel system», which produce a maximum power of 109 hp at 4000 rpm.

Fuel rate is 6.3 l in the city mode of driving, on the track 4.3 l, and the intermediate fuel rate is 5 l per 100 km. Tank volume is 52 l of diesel, what lets to drive roughly 1040 km unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 300 mm brakes and attached to the underframe through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Back wheels have disks, 278 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis through suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the following size - 205/50R17.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V50 received the maximum number of stars - five, which indicates that it is a perfect safe automobile. In addition to dynamic safety systems (Brake assistant, ABS, Traction control, ESP, EBD), it is also has passive safety (driver, passenger, side, head/curtain airbags).