Maintaining your vehicle

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Safety & Reliability
The C70 scores the highest rating, Good, in the Insurance Institute for
Highway Safety's frontal offset and side-impact crash tests, as well as for
rear-crash protection.
In addition to the requ ...
Pedestrian safety
The Volvo V50 Sportswagon has been designed to minimise the risk of injury to
pedestrians and cyclists in the event of an accident. The smoothly shaped front
has an energy-absorbing structure ahea ...
Improving tire economy
• Maintain correct tire pressure. See the tire
inflation table on page 291.
• Drive smoothly: avoid fast starts, hard
braking and tire screeching.
• Tire wear increases with speed.
• Correct fr ...
