VOLVO V70 · T-5 · Wagon · 1997 ‐ 1999

In 1997 Volvo began production of automobiles type V70, modification T-5 and finished it in 1999. In this auto can sit 5 person including the driver, it has wagon body type with five doors, and length 4.7 meters, weight 1.5 tons.

«V70 T-5» have a front-wheel drive vehicle with a 4-speed automatic gear shift. The 5-cylinders petrol motor with «multipoint injection fuel system» can generate output 241 horsepower at 5100 rmp, which allows you to speed up the auto for 7.4 seconds to 100 km/h and obtain peak speed of 235 km/h.

Fuel consumption is 16.8 l in the city driving mode, on the highway 8.5 liters, and the normal fuel rate is 11.5 l per 100 kilometers. Gas tank volume is 70 liters of petrol, what lets to go roughly 609 km unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 302 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 295 mm brakes and attached to the underframe using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the following measure - 205/50ZR16.

According to the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V70 got the lot quantity of stars - 4, which means that it is a reasonably safe car. Furthermore to passive systems of safety (passenger, side, driver airbags), it is also has dynamic safety features such as EBD, Traction control, ABS.