Volvo V50


For the sedan variant of the car, see Volvo S40.
Volvo Cars introduced the Volvo V50 at the 2003 Bologna Motor Show as the station wagon version of the Volvo S40 small family car — manufacturing both models at their facility in Ghent, Belgium. Sharing the Ford C1 platform with the European Ford Focus and the Mazda 3, the V50 featured interior "theatre" lighting, a floating center stack and "Volvo Intelligent Vehicle Architecture".
The V50 T5 AWD featured all-wheel drive and a straight-5 2.5 litre petrol engine, with a light pressure turbocharger, four valves per cylinder and a DOHC design with variable camshaft timing — providing and of torque. Diesel options were available in Europe, including a 2.4 Litre turbocharged D5 diesel engine which provided and of torque.
Within the United States, Volvo limited sales of the V50 PZEV cars to states where it was required, including California, Florida, Vermont, Connecticut, Arizona, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, Oregon, Maine, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New Mexico and Washington.
Volvo Cars Special Vehicle produced a concept car based on the V50, the V50 SV, whose engine produces, and debuted at the 2004 Specialty Equipment Market Association tradeshow in Las Vegas, Nevada.

History

For the model year of 2008, the V50 received revised front styling, minor modifications to the interior, optional active xenon headlights, audio systems, increased power and torque of the T5 engine, availability of the D5, with a six speed manual and a 1.8 Flexifuel engine.
For 2009, the V50 T5 was available in the United States, only as an automatic AWD model with the R-Design trim package, and within Europe with both manual and automatic options. As of the model year of 2010, the D5 inline five diesel engine was no longer available; only the 1.6l and 2.0l diesel inline four units could be specified.
In 2010, the new, larger, circular Volvo logo appeared on the front grille, in the United States, a manual transmission was briefly available with the T5 AWD version. In North America the naturally aspirated five cylinder engine, all wheel drive, and manual transmission were all dropped for the model year of 2011, leaving only the automatic, front wheel drive T5 in base and R-Design trims. The model year of 2011 was the last for the V50 in the United States and Canada.

V50 sales

Total produced: 519,007 from 2003 to 2012

Engines

ModelEngine codeModel yearPower at rpmTorque at rpmDisplacementComment
1.6DD4164T2005–2010 at 4000 at 1750I4 16v Turbo Multipoint direct fuel injection
1.6D DRIVeD4164T2005–2010 at 4000 1750I4 16v Turbo Multipoint direct fuel injection
D2D4162T2011–2012 at 3600 1750I4 8v Turbo Common rail direct injection
D2 DRIVeD4162T2011–2012 at 3600 1750I4 8v Turbo Common rail direct injection
2.0DD4204T2004–2010 4000 2000I4 16v Turbo Multipoint direct fuel injection
2.0D D4204T22005–2006 4000 2000I4 16v Turbo Multipoint direct fuel injection
D3D5204T52011–2012 3500 1500-2750I5 20v Turbo Common rail direct injection
D4D5204T2011–2012 3500 1500-2750I5 20v Turbo Common rail direct injection
D5D5244T82006–2010 4000 1750-3250I5
2.4D D5244T92007–2008 5500 1750-2750I5
D5 D5244T92009–2010 4000 1750 – 3000I5
D5D5244T132009–2010 4000 2000 – 2750I5