{"id":4149,"date":"2014-01-20T15:21:05","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T15:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/?p=4149"},"modified":"2014-01-31T15:23:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T15:23:08","slug":"volvo-s40v50-2005-11-jan-20-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/volvo-s40v50-2005-11-jan-20-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Volvo S40\/V50: 2005-’11 – Jan. 20, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong>\"AutoFile_S40_V50.qxd\"<\/a>Overview<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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The S40 sedan and “V” wagon were introduced in Europe for 1996 prior to arriving in North America in late 1999. Both models shared numerous components, including a Mitsubishi-built turbocharged four-cylinder engine. Also standard was a four-speed automatic transmission (upgraded to a five-speed in 2001) adapted from Volvo’s larger 70-series cars. Part way into the 2004 model year, Volvo rolled out its all-new Swedish-built S40 sedan and V50 wagon that featured a 168-horsepower 2.4-liter five-cylinder and an optional 218-horsepower 2.5-liter turbo-charged five-cylinder that was upgraded to 227 horsepower for the 2008 model year. A five-speed manual transmission accompanied the 2.4, while a six-speed stick was standard with the 2.5. Both powerplants could be ordered with a five-speed automatic while all-wheel-drive was optional only with the 2.5. After seven years, Volvo’s entry-level sedan\/wagon duo was cancelled.<\/p>\n

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The S40 sedan and “V” wagon were introduced in Europe for 1996 prior to arriving in North America in late 1999. Both models shared numerous components, including a Mitsubishi-built turbocharged four-cylinder engine. Also standard was a four-speed automatic transmission (upgraded to a five-speed in 2001) adapted from Volvo’s larger 70-series cars. Part way into the 2004 model year, Volvo rolled out its all-new Swedish-built S40 sedan and V50 wagon that featured a 168-horsepower 2.4-liter five-cylinder and an optional 218-horsepower 2.5-liter turbo-charged five-cylinder that was upgraded to 227 horsepower for the 2008 model year. A five-speed manual transmission accompanied the 2.4, while a six-speed stick was standard with the 2.5. Both powerplants could be ordered with a five-speed automatic while all-wheel-drive was optional only with the 2.5. After seven years, Volvo’s entry-level sedan\/wagon duo was cancelled. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autofile","category-store-items"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4151,"href":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4149\/revisions\/4151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelbase.ws\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}