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Pro drivers and guests put the cars through some brutal high-speed handling tests and we were all amazed at the grip/composure/comfort/responsiveness of the new chassis. Makes my '06 S60 D5 feel quite wooden by comparison. The new car is a totally different animal to the old one. One of the pro's compared it to his own BMW 330d; "Almost identical in the dry but the Volvo leaves the BMW for dead in the wet".
Scariest part of the day was the Police Pursuit. S60 D5 being chased by a full Police-spec V70 D5. With pro's driving both, the S60 just walks away from the Police car on a nasty slalom+high speed course. Having been a passenger in both cars; the S60 was remarkably flat and comfortable. The Police car was most unsettling, (I actually felt nauseous after the run, as did a few others), and some interior trim was popping off due to chassis flex. Driving that hard ! Apprently, in 9 weeks of Track Days, the V70 Police Cars have never caught an S60 - even when the pro's are playing privately. Most impressive.
Sure, the rear legroom is not in the S-class league but I feel that the new S60 is at the top of it's class in so many ways. Haven't driven the gasser versions - but why would you with a choice of punchy, quiet, economical diesels ? :shades:
haha. Well, for YOU maybe. Not on this side of the pond, though.
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"Do you know if these diesels will be available in the American market?"
"Well, they have the current ones so I guess they'll get the new ones".
"No, they don't have any at present".
"You're joking, aren't you ?"
"No. Absolutely serious".
"Well that's just stupid; most of our sales are diesels. What do they sell then ?"
"New S60 will be T6 AWD only, I think"
"@£%^*%£^(*)^%$£^&*&" Response unpublishable.
So, no use to you at all, I'm afraid, but at least you have a supporter in a UK Volvo dealer. He did tell me that there are some new gasser engines coming out which will "blow your socks off", incl a T4 1.6/180bhp, T3 1.6/150bhp and a T5 2.0/204bhp. BTW, the D5 is a 5-cyl 2.4/205bhp and the D3 is a 5-cyl 2.0/185bhp, (a de-stroked D5). There will be a 1.6/105bhp diesel with low consumption/emissions a little later.............think it already appears in the C30/S40/V50 as eDrive or somesuch.
Sorry cannot be more optimistic on the USA diesel front.
There is a move, over here, to smaller, higher-rated gasser engines, e.g. VW's 1.4 TFSI, (Turbo- + Supercharged), with 178bhp. Thinking seems to be that governments are currently targeting CO2 but will turn to total-emissions, incl NOx and particulates. Small, high-output gassers make it easier to comply until they figure out a way to further clean-up diesels.
Keep the faith.
I hope you get the good engines etc before your wallets are emptied but experience tells me you probably won't.
Will be watching your upcoming polls with interest. Further Volvo info as it comes available. Have a good day.
The other issue about diesels vs. gassers is that, the last time I was in Europe diesel fuel was selling for about 20% less than benzine. I have no idea what the current delta in Europe is, but in the US, diesel is appreciably more expensive than even 93 octane standard fuel. Little wonder that American customers won't buy and car makers won't import and sell diesel vehicles.
Unleaded Regular Gasoline : $7.01 per US Gallon equiv.
ULSD : $7.17 per US Gallon equiv.
That's using an ExRate of 1.56USD to 1.0GBP. (Haven't checked to-days ExRate but the get the general drift).
Delta is not that great but the superior mpg of the small diesels rather swamps the slight difference.
Keep smilin', Mein Herr.
jerr
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Does anyone trust Geely when they say they will leave Volvo in Europe and not move the whole operation to Red China to maximize profits? One realizes of course that they are not known for telling the truth.
To see Volvo go the way of cat and dog food, baby cribs, brake rotors, etc. would be tragic indeed but this lingering doubt about their veracity (or lack thereof) is keeping me from buying a new S 60 T AWD. A great car but who wants Red Chinese rotors in two years??!
Utter rubbish and the epitome of denial and departure from reality. You must live in a cave if you have no perception of the negative effects Red Chinese garbage has had on the ongoing fall in quality of the marketplace in virtually every industry in which the "PLA" operates.
Did you even know the "PLA" is the arbiter of the little island of capitalism that had to be created in Red China in order for the place to avoid the fate of Cuba or North Korea?
Try asking a brake mechanic what he thinks of Red Chinese calipers and rotors and then decide if you would entrust the lives of you or your family to them.
http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/FirstDrives/Volvo-S60-3.0-T6-Se-Premium-4WD/- 249963/
We only drove the diesels as those are the ones that will account for the vast majority of sales over here. The D5, (205bhp/310lbft), is a very nice bit of kit but it might be a cold day in Hades before it reaches the shores of The Colonies, (sorry, can never resist).
I examined one in a new S60 with its dial affair and found it slow, unintuitive and rather primitive. But how is it in real life when you get used to using it on the road? How does it compare to a Garmin?
Thanks for any insight you can provide?
Sorry, not answering your question.............well, not the one you specifically asked. Just trying to point you at a potentially better option. IMO, of course.
As long as the cars and parts are still made in Europe I'm ok, but if they are made in China I will be not be buying an S60 or XC60 to replace a 9 year old MDX and 3 year old GM Saab which I had mixed feelings about too.
Anyone know where we can get facts about if parts are being made in China for US delivery cars?
Life's too short not to try.
Thanks.