The Volvo V50 is the station wagon version of the Volvo S40 small family car ("C-segment") first unveiled at the 2003 Bologna Motor Show, both assembled at Ghent, Belgium. Sharing the Volvo, Ford, and Mazda Global C-car Platform with the European 2nd-gen Ford Focus and the Mazda3, the V50 featured interior "theatre" lighting, a floating center console, and "Volvo Intelligent Vehicle Architecture".

Overview

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 trade show 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 Calendar year Global 2004 47,743 2005 83,202 2006 75,885 2007 62,348 2008 62,085 2009 54,062 2010 56,098 2011 45,970 Total produced: 519,007 from 2003 to 2012 (as of 31 December 2012)

Engines +Petrol enginesModelEngine code Model year(s)Power at rpmTorque at rpmDisplacementComment 1.6 B4164S3 2005–2012 at 6000 at 4000 I4 16V Multipoint fuel injection 1.8 B4184S11 2005–2010 at 6000 4000 I4 16V Multipoint fuel injection 1.8F Flexifuel B4184S8 2006–2010 at 6000 4000 I4 16V Multipoint fuel injection (E85 compatible) 2.0 B4204S3 2004–2012 at 6000 4500 I4 16V Multipoint fuel injection 2.0F Flexifuel B4204S4 2011–2012 at 6000 4500 I4 16V Multipoint fuel injection (E85 compatible) 2.4 B5244S5 2004–2010 5000 4000 I5 20V Multipoint fuel injection 2.4i B5244S4 2004–2010 6000 4400 I5 20V Multipoint fuel injection T5 B5254T3 2005–2008 5000 1500-4800 I5 20V Turbo Multipoint fuel injection T5 B5254T7 2008–2012 5000 1500-5000 I5 20V Turbo Multipoint fuel injection

+Diesel enginesModelEngine code Model year(s)Power at rpmTorque at rpmDisplacementComment 1.6D D4164T 2005–2010 at 4000 at 1750 I4 16v Turbo Multipoint direct fuel injection 1.6D DRIVe D4164T 2005–2010 at 4000 1750 I4 16v Turbo Multipoint direct fuel injection D2 D4162T 2011–2012 at 3600 1750 I4 8v Turbo Common rail direct injection D2 DRIVe D4162T 2011–2012 at 3600 1750 I4 8v Turbo Common rail direct injection 2.0D D4204T 2004–2010 4000 2000 I4 16v Turbo Multipoint direct fuel injection 2.0D (France) D4204T2 2005–2006 4000 2000 I4 16v Turbo Multipoint direct fuel injection D3 D5204T5 2011–2012 3500 1500-2750 I5 20v Turbo Common rail direct injection D4 D5204T 2011–2012 3500 1500-2750 I5 20v Turbo Common rail direct injection D5 D5244T8 2006–2010 4000 1750-3250 I5 2.4D (Belgium) D5244T9 2007–2008 5500 1750-2750 I5 D5 (Belgium) D5244T9 2009–2010 4000 1750 – 3000 I5 D5 D5244T13 2009–2010 4000 2000 – 2750 I5

See also Volvo S40 Volvo P1 platform

Notes

References "The all-new Volvo V50", a Volvo Cars North America news release "SEMA 2004: Hot-blooded Volvo V50 SV Concept Car Debuts at 2004 SEMA"

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