Recent innovations in this car is a pedestrian airbag. When the airbag is usually only appear in the cab to protect driver and passengers, on these cars, Volvo also apply pedestrian airbag that will inflate the hood to the car hit a pedestrian. That way, the safety of pedestrians in a hit will be higher.Swedish car manufacturer Volvo is ready to rise. Various innovations are given by the well-known manufacturers to focus on these security devices. And most recently, Volvo is ready to bring new faces of the Volvo V40.
5-door hatchback car is scheduled to be shown next week at the Geneva Motor Show and gives a chance to revive the fortunes of Volvo in the premium hatchback class and steal market share of BMW 1-series and Audi A3 are dominant.
With this new car, the Volvo V40 sure can produce up to 90,000 units per year at Volvo Ghent factory in Belgium.
This car is a car that combines the virtues of the S40 and V50 model that has a body design is captivating. This car is expected to start coloring the Volvo showroom in Europe in May.
There are six Volvo engine options are available for this car is made up of three petrol and three diesel engines and will spearhead the Volvo in the future.
The gasoline engine can achieve the highest power of 254 bhp to provide speed 241.4 km / h and acceleration from rest to 100 km / h in 6.5 seconds as reported by the numbers Autocar, Tuesday (28/02/2012).
There is also a powerful 1.6 liter engine 150 bhp and 180 bhp. The third petrol engine has also been strengthened with a turbo tool.
While the diesel engine comes with 2.0 liter capacity with 150 bhp and 177 personnel of BJP plus a 16-liter engine that powered 115 bhp. Just like the petrol variants, diesel engine has also been using the turbo.
Another feature that became standard Volvo V40 in all its variants is stop-start system, brake energy regeneration as well as safety features that Volvo City Safety automatic braking could make the car at speeds of 50 km / h could be detected in front of the car there are no obstructions such as cars that stop sudden.
