Mu ntangiriro no imbere bizwi nka Project Galaxy ,. Volvo 440 byari ibisubizo byakazi byatangiye imyaka 10 mbere, hagamijwe gukora ibiziga byimbere, bishimishije gutwara, hamwe numwanya mwiza wimbere hamwe nuburinganire bwimbere.
Kugabana bimwe mu buhanga hamwe na 480, hatchback ya futuristic n'inzugi eshatu gusa kandi uwambere mumiryango 400 yatangijwe, 440 nayo niyo moderi yerekanaga bwa mbere icyerekezo Volvo yashakaga gufata mubyerekezo byayo byimbere.
Nyuma yo kwerekana prototype ya mbere, yiswe G4, iracyari muri Nzeri 1980, umushinga wa Galaxy uzasozwa no gushiraho ibice bibiri: 400, icyitegererezo cyambere, 480, cyerekanwe kumugaragaro muri salon mpuzamahanga i Geneve mu 1986 ; no murukurikirane 850, rwerekanwe mu ci ryo muri 1991.
Imodoka igezweho kandi igezweho
Ariko iyaba 480 yari icyifuzo cyo kuba isoko, Volvo 440, yamenyekanye mumwaka wa 1988, yaba imodoka rusange kandi intsinzi nini mugice cyo hagati. Bikurikiranye, umwaka ukurikira, 460, santimetero icumi kurenza 440.
Imodoka ifite imirongo igezweho, yoroshye kandi ntoya, usibye hafi ya Windows ihagaritse, 440 ntabwo yahishe amasano amwe murwego 700, mugihe, imbere, imyanya yinyuma yibikorwa ishobora kugabanywamo ibice bibiri. Kurundi ruhande, igikoresho cyibikoresho, gishyizwe imbere yumushoferi, cyatumye uburyo bwo kugenzura byoroha cyane.
Mu gice cya moteri, moteri enye gusa, ifite ubushobozi bwa 1.6, 2.0 na 1.7 l turbo.
Yakozwe i Born, mu Buholandi, aho na 340/360 na 480 nazo zakozwe, 440 nazo zagize umwanya wambere mumutekano, zitangwa, nko muri 1989, ABS, cyangwa, muri 1991, abiyitirira umukandara wumutekano. umutekano hamwe nubwirinzi bwindege, nubwo byose byabanje guhitamo.
Kera muri 1994, igihe cyari kigeze cyo gushyiraho uburyo bwo kurinda ingaruka - SIPS.
Iherezo ryabaye mu 1996
Volvo 400 yahagaritswe mu Gushyingo 1996, mu gihe abasimbuye, Volvo S40 na V40, bari basanzwe bakora.
Nyamara, mu nzira, hari ibyifuzo bimwe bidasanzwe, nka verisiyo yagenewe abapolisi cyangwa verisiyo ya mitingi, ifite ibyuma bya 2.3 l, valve 16, 715 hp na moteri yimodoka yose yarushanwe mumwaka wa 1992. Ariko ntabwo bigeze kimwe. Kuri Guhindura Icyitegererezo.
