Ode safe riding - Volvo V40

Representative in the new model range of the company Volvo was the hatchback V40 with five doors. It is announced that this car will serve as a substitute for two currently operating models of Sweden: the S40 sedan and the universal V50.

However, such an update will be unstable for the reason that the remaining models in the history of the model will be replaced in the near future by representatives whose mission is to demonstrate the new qualities that prevail over compact cars belonging to the premium class. And, at the heart of the new Volvo models, the Volvo V40 hatch is sure to be used.

Previously, the letter "V" was given the designation of universal models of the firm of Sweden, but the novelty came out, most likely, not without the qualities of practicality and utilitarianism, but the development of designer intelligence in the Volvo V40.

The new machine should be used as a basis for the very large S40 Sedan with four doors, a compact crossover XC40 and a stylish coupe C40. At the same time, the Volvo V40 itself was in a niche with models where the approved winners dictate the fashion: the BMW of the first series, the Audi A3, the Mercedes class A. To its serious competitors, Volvo must oppose the most popular safety model for the model.

Specifically, the car is equipped with a function that, having noticed the obstacle, is able to stop the car moving at a speed of up to fifty kilometers per hour. In addition, the launch hatchback Volvo V40 was the first car equipped with a safe cushion for those who cross the road. So, covering a part of the windscreen, where, as usual, the head hits during a collision on a man, the pillow, creating a space between the steel panel and the engine, opens under the hood of the car.

In this case, the pillow, made in a U-shape, allows the driver to not lose control of the situation in front of the car, preventing the collision.

Otherwise, engineers from Sweden did not conduct experiments and preferred a proven method. For the car, a tried and tested platform (the same one used in the Ford Focus) was used, but the creators are sure that the car has acquired the basic qualities of a completely new level. The hatch has received the units for power development tested on other Volvo models, among them three motors operating on gasoline, and three - on diesel fuel.

Any engine is equipped with turbocharging, fuel injection system, recuperation energy systems with start / stop system. Diesel engines start with a hundred and fifteen forces - D2, the D4 engine, with a capacity of one hundred seventy-seven forces completes the range.

As for units running on gasoline, the less sophisticated T3 can develop one hundred and fifty horsepower, having a volume of one whole six tenths of a liter. The engine capacity of two and a half liters and an impressive capacity of two hundred and fifty horsepower last in a row with the engines.

The ideological trends of the Scandinavian thoughts, characteristic of the Volvo V40, testify to this, dominate the creation of interior design. With the original interactive combination of the instrument panel in harmony, the ease and laconicism of the forms came together. The combination combines a display based on a scale in the form of a large-sized circle. Pointers of necessary parameters are around it. It is interesting that the car manager has the ability to set up a comfortable display of information for him, giving, for example, the speedometer an analog type of screen, and digital - a tachometer.