VOLVO V70 · 2.4 · Wagon · 2000 ‐ 2004

From 2000 Volvo launched production of cars type V70, modification 2.4 and finished it in 2004. This car has 5 doors, the body chassis is in the form a wagon, weight 1.6 tons and length 4.7 meters, that allows a seat 5 person total.

«V70 2.4» is a front wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed automatic transmission. This car can be accelerated for 9.9 seconds to 100 km/h, with a maximum speed of 210 km/h, thanks to a 5-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which generate a maximum power of 170 horsepower at 5900 rpm.

Fuel rate is 13.9 liters in the city driving mode, on the suburban 7.6 l, and the intermediate fuel rate is 9.9 liters per 100 kilometers. Tank volume is 70 l of petrol, what provides to go nearly 708 kilometers unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 305 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rear wheels have disks, 288 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the following measure - 195/65VR15.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo V70 gained the lot number of stars - four, which indicates that it is a enough safe automobile. Furthermore to passive systems of safety (head/curtain, driver, passenger, side airbags), it is also has dynamic systems of safety such as EBD, Traction control, ABS, ESP.