Xc70 and heat

[Rama]

I am planing to buy a XC70 and was wondering how the car will
behave in hot climates where the temperature during the day stays
above 40 degrees Celcius (105F) for a couple of months per year?

Does the motor will get overheated or other problems will appear?

Does any body has any experience?

Thanks

[1Lieutenant]

Can't say that I have experienced 105F for several months, but we have had those temps for approx a week at a time.  No apparent problems with overheating even in traffic jams with the air conditioner on full.  Temp needle never budged from its normal position (straight up).

Steve

[daniel]

I have 32.000km.In the summer is 35-45C.
No problem with my XC in this time (2years).

[AutoMonkey]

You might want to keep an eye on www.edmunds.com. Last winter, they ran a piece on the XC70 in Alaska, and indicated that there would be a follow-up summer test-drive in Baja California. I believe this was a Volvo-sponsored event - so don't expect too much hard-hitting journalism - but there might be some useful points there. At least the edmunds article was better than one that appeared on msn.com, as reviewed in this thread (http://xc70.com/cgi-bin/ib3/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=3;t=175)...

AutoMonkey

[joeboy01]

High Texas heat, not problems at all.  Never goes above the mid-point.