VOLVO XC90 · V8 R-Design · SUV & Crossover · 2008 ‐ 2011

From 2008 Volvo began production of automobiles model XC90, modification of V8 R-Design and terminated it in 2011. The weight of the car is 2.1 tn and a length of 4.8 meters, It is formed as SUV & Crossover with 5 doors, and can be placed in a 7 person with a driver.

«XC90 V8 R-Design» car with a 6-speed sequential automatic gearbox is connected to the full wheels. This vehicle can be accelerated for 7.3 s to 100 km/h, with a maximum speed of 210 km/h, due to a 8-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a maximum power of 315 horsepower at 5850 rpm.

Fuel tank capacity of this vehicle is 80 l of petrol, thus when intermediate fuel consumption is 13.5 liters per 100 km (9.8 l on the track, 20 liters in the city), what allows drive approximately 593 km unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 336 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 308 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage with help of suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the next dimensions - 255/50R19.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Volvo XC90 received the higher number of stars - 5, which indicates that it is a highly safe car. Furthermore to passive safety systems (driver, head/curtain, side, passenger airbags), it is also has active safety systems such as Traction control, EBD, ABS, ESP, Brake assistant.