Green cars - and we don't mean the color - are a market niche, and every manufacturer that puts its own foot forward has its own nature-friendly solution. We also tested Volvo's current contribution to a cleaner environment – the S40 1.6 DRIVe. The label tells us that it is a "green car"...
Green cars - and we don't mean the color - are a market niche, and every manufacturer that puts its own foot forward has its own nature-friendly solution. We also tested Volvo's current contribution to a cleaner environment – the S40 1.6 DRIVe. That it is a "green car" tells us the DRIVe label, which Volvo puts on the environmental protection features of existing models. The test Volvo was generously equipped (Summum equipment package): seats in black leather, which pampered us with heating in the front, dual-zone automatic air conditioning, bluetooth connection for a mobile phone, cruise control with speed limiter, sunroof, etc. The built-in 1.6-liter turbodiesel engine is kinder to nature, but at the same time does not offer the driver excessive driving dynamics. The "smallness" of the engine is probably also the reason why they installed a 5-speed manual gearbox in it, where we noticed longer gear ratios, which makes the car even more calm. Tires with less resistance, improved vehicle aerodynamics and an "advisor" for shifting contribute to lower consumption, as an ecological trump card. In the test vehicle, we missed the start-stop function, which would have turned off the engine at traffic lights; apparently, the test vehicle was from a series that did not have this function, as Volvo had already started to upgrade its DRIVe models with it.
