Super TestCar reviews - Volvo - V60 - 5-dr wagon rangeVolvo modelsOverviewVolvo V60 has top-notch safety, cabin, turbo engines, ride, ambience and value30 Mar 2011 VOLVO is becoming serious about its position as a luxury car player, as the striking V60 demonstrates. Oozing Scandinavian design, cutting-edge safety, sumptuous quality and surprisingly involving dynamics, the Swedish alternative to a BMW 3 Series seemingly has all bases covered. Worryingly for the competition, it then hits a home run with value pricing, complete with a standard specification list that is as long as a Stockholm summer. We believe Volvo has a real hit on its hands. Try before you buy anything else in the $60K chi-chi wagon/SUV/crossover segments. Model release date: 1 March 2011 to 1 September 2013 All car reviewsAlfa Romeo Abarth Alpine Alpina Audi Aston Martin BMW Bentley Chevrolet Chery Citroen Chrysler Dodge Cupra Ferrari DS Ford Fiat FPV Foton GWM Great Wall Holden Haval HSV Honda Hyundai Hummer Isuzu Infiniti Jeep Jaguar Lamborghini Kia LDV Land Rover Lotus Lexus Maserati Mahindra McLaren Mazda Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG Mini MG Nissan Mitsubishi Peugeot Opel Proton Porsche Renault Ram Rover Rolls-Royce Skoda Saab SsangYong Smart Suzuki Subaru Toyota Tesla Volvo Volkswagen Previous modelVOLVO says the V60 essentially takes over from the significantly smaller V50, which continues on for now, but that the newcomer is really a resumption of what the Dutch-built V40 represented size-wise. Co-developed with Mitsubishi (though the resulting Carisma version was never sold in Australia), the front-drive V40 was the company’s tilt at the Audi A4 (it was even originally badged the V4 until Volvo was forced to add the ‘0’). Released in the mid-’90s, it found popularity thanks to neat styling, affordable pricing, and a spacious interior – more so than its German sedan contemporaries – but the critics bemoaned its soft dynamics and uninvolving driving experience. Engines for Oz were all petrol, and included a rather breathless 90kW/170Nm 1.8-litre, a 100kW/190Nm 2.0-litre, and a 121kW/240Nm 2.0-litre Turbo for the T4. All employed five-speed gearboxes in manual or auto varieties. |
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