Volvo V50

The Volvo V50 is the station wagon version of the Volvo S40 small family car first unveiled at the 2003 Bologna Motor Show, both assembled at Ghent, Belgium. Sharing the Volvo P1 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".

Overview

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Pre-facelift Volvo V50 SE (UK)

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 Template:Convert and Template:Convert of torque. Diesel options were available in Europe, including a 2.4 Litre turbocharged D5 diesel engine which provided Template:Convert and Template:Convert of torque.

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History

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Facelift Volvo V50

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Facelift Volvo V50

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Facelift Volvo V50 R-Design (Europe)

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	United States	Canada	Sweden	Global
2004				47,743<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
2005				83,202<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
2006				75,885<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
2007				62,348<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
2008				62,085<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
2009				54,062<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
2010				56,098
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Total produced: 519,007 from 2003 to 2012 (as of 31 December 2012)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Engines

Petrol engines

Model	Engine code	Model year(s)	Power at rpm	Torque at rpm	Displacement	Comment
1.6	B4164S3	2005–2012	Template:Convert at 6000	Template:Convert at 4000	Template:Convert	I4 16V Multipoint fuel injection
1.8	B4184S11	2005–2010	Template:Convert at 6000	Template:Convert 4000	Template:Convert	I4 16V Multipoint fuel injection
1.8F Flexifuel	B4184S8	2006–2010	Template:Convert at 6000	Template:Convert 4000	Template:Convert	I4 16V Multipoint fuel injection (E85 compatible)
2.0	B4204S3	2004–2012	Template:Convert at 6000	Template:Convert 4500	Template:Convert	I4 16V Multipoint fuel injection
2.0F Flexifuel	B4204S4	2011–2012	Template:Convert at 6000	Template:Convert 4500	Template:Convert	I4 16V Multipoint fuel injection (E85 compatible)
2.4	B5244S5	2004–2010	Template:Convert 5000	Template:Convert 4000	Template:Convert	I5 20V Multipoint fuel injection
2.4i	B5244S4	2004–2010	Template:Convert 6000	Template:Convert 4400	Template:Convert	I5 20V Multipoint fuel injection
T5	B5254T3	2005–2008	Template:Convert 5000	Template:Convert 1500-4800	Template:Convert	I5 20V Turbo Multipoint fuel injection
T5	B5254T7	2008–2012	Template:Convert 5000	Template:Convert 1500-5000	Template:Convert	I5 20V Turbo Multipoint fuel injection

Diesel engines

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

See also

• Volvo S40
• Volvo P1 platform

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"