Showing posts with label volvo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label volvo. Show all posts
Friday, May 31, 2013
2011 Volvo S60 T6 Review
Volvos been going out of its way to brand the new S60 as "The Naughty Volvo" (see video above). Guess it depends on your definition of "naughty". The S60 is not for kids, its fast and fun, its shapely.....
The days of the boring Volvo are dead, lets give the marketing people that much. And thats on looks alone. In a week at the wheel in an example provided by Sanderson Volvo in Phoenix, the S60 T6 AWD just got more and more desirable. The beauty here is more than skin-deep.
With 300 horsepower, the S60 is responsive and downright quick. Steering is direct and immediate. There is no tradeoff of ride versus handling...the balance is perfect.
And the interior is an exceptionally pleasant place to engage in all that pleasurable driving. A long way from the plain-jane interior of the old Volvo 240, the designers have managed to give the eye a constant level of stimulation without losing the functionality...everything is exactly where your brain and your hand expect it to be.
What about safety? Volvos hallmark? Dont worry...its there...from the basic stout structure of the car to the highest levels of technology that (unlike a lot of cars weve tested) manage to do their jobs without being intrusive.
And, unlike virtually every other car weve tried it in, the adaptive cruise control, which adjusts speed to maintain distance between you and the car in front of you, is flawless. It...and the other tech in the car...simply never put a foot wrong.
Price? The front wheel drive model (with 50 fewer horsepower) starts at $30.975...all-wheel drive at $37,700. Optioned like the one we drove...mid-40s and well worth it.
EPA mileage estimates: 20 city/30 highway for the FWD, 18/26 for the AWD.
So...go with "naughty" if you must. But we think the Volvo S60 T6 AWD is really @#$%! nice.
Did we just say that?
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Volvo S40 2010 Review Stands Between The Regular Cars And The Luxury Cars
Volvo S40 2010 Review – There are ordinary vehicles and also there are sumptuous autos. Between these 2 worlds exists also , a market available for autos just like the actual 2010 Volvo S40. The actual S40 is considered to be that a premium product just for sure, but we wouldn’t call this truly , a sumptuous car. As like, the actual S40 may attractiveness for families who else can’t afford something just like an Audi A4 but still need also , a automobile that’s much more renowned to be able to own more than also , a Mazda 3. In order to its credit, typically the S40 appears even more complex other than several sedans, and so its generally styling which has stayed incredibly new even however the actual automobile offers you entered its sixth year of output.
The actual 2010 Volvo S40 car is definitely obtainable within 2 trim levels, 2.4i and as a consequence T5 R-Design. The particular front-wheel-drive S40 2.4i is considered to be prepared that comes with that a 2.4-liter inline-5 that will makes 168 horsepower and furthermore 170 pound-feet of torque. That a five-speed manual transmission is really common and furthermore , for a five-speed automatic is almost certainly various. The actual T5 R-Design takes that a turbocharged 2.5-liter inline-5 that have pumps out 227 hp and furthermore 236 lb-ft of torque. Also , a five-speed automatic is really conventional. There’s of course an all-wheel-drive model of the actual T5 R-Design obtainable; this carries also , a six-speed manual transmission as typical, that comes with the actual automatic being various.
If that you just like to be able to shop at just Ikea — or maybe a at just least admire the particular business’ new models — then the particular 2010 Volvo S40’s interior should strike your pretty. Quite much everything about the actual S40’s interior style is truly for a direct challenge to be able to the particular fairly austere interiors discovered within competing versions. The particular R-Design within particular includes snazzy two-tone seats and as a consequence blue-faced gauges. This definitely appears cool, but calling this “luxurious” may choose to be that a stretch. This is really a lot efficient, even though, as for the most part handles are for a type of efficiency. Typically the high quality of the particular S40’s interior components is simply wonderful, and so the actual ergonomically created seats are astonishingly more comfortable and in addition encouraging.
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