I do not like the XC60. It is too SUVish. It is even more SUVish than the X3 because I think the ground clearance is higher than that of the X3. I also do not like the design. That rear window is...

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I understand your point.

You and your buddies are obviously Americans (and for Americans a car cannot get big enough) :)

I'm European, and driving a lot in a congested city I apreciate a more...

Volvo has not quite caught the Zeitgeist this time i think. The car looks rather good but in my opinion it is too big. Cars must get smarter for every new generation. It should be possible to...

They give thumbs up to the Volvo.
It is more confortable, and goes better on the mud roads.
Both cars handle well.
Volvo wins.

Vtie, You're absolutely right that it is not very well done by volvo to increase the fuel consumption for the new xc70. I think they should have kept the 2.5T engine as an option and refined it. If...

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This is an all new car and not a face lift!

This is so typical how Volvo is run (ruined) by business people and not by engineers. The marketing thinks it cooler with a 6 cylinder unit even though it looks like the old 5 cylinder with turbo is...

I think that the US emission standards are now so severe that Volvo would need to develop a special aftertreatment apparatus to meet the US legislation. The catalysed filter of the D5 is not enough I...

IMHO I think the design is a bit too conservative and Especially the front overhang is too large.
But with the in line 6 with turbo it will be a nice automobile for sure.

Good question! Maybe you can try to locate the speaker and mute it with some silicone rubber. Or just stab it with a screw driver.

What I understand from posts is that the fluid should be changed now and then (against Volvos advice). If dirty fluid causes premature wear and ultimately break down then perhaps Volvo should...

Never heard of seat belts tensioners activate during cornering, acceleration or breaking. Oh no.

As far as I know these tensioners are pyrotechnic devices and only activate during a hard impact. ...

I Volvo, You Jane?

That rear bum needs a redesign. Very unpleasant to the eye. :confused:

Sorry but you must remember that Volvo AB who has bought parts of Nissan Diesel is a completely different company from Volvo Car Corporation which is 100 % owned by Ford.

The engine should probably fit. I read it is only 3mm wider than the current 5. And finally Volvo scrapped the belt cam drive and resorted to chain drive. Bravo Volvo....

So you "believe" the B240 is in your 740? I didn't know this word was in a nuclear engineers vocabulary. :)

Is it not the B230? actually. See link 740



I think you are mixing up the...

Just a pity they did not (re)design it with chain driven cam shafts...

I think the 5 cyl aluminium engine is actually derived from the straight 6 cylinder which Volvo actually bought from Audi who got it from Porsche who devolopped it in the first place. It has nothing...

Taxidrivers usually drive these cars for more than 400.000 km. That is about 300.000 miles. Then they sell the car. I figure you can drive this car 500.000 miles before the engine gives up.

Raise the seat and the belt will fit perfectly... Keep it simple

Or perhaps Volvo is forseeing a slump in sales as it is not unlikely that the oil price per barrel will aproach $100 in the near future. They better start developing more fuel efficient models...

The usual stuff, competition, high cost, currency, metal prices(!) etc...

(And it was absolutely not a Ford initiative but Volvo's own decision ;) )

You are mixing up Holland and Belgium (not a nice thing to do :) )! Volvo sold their plant in Holland to Daimler Chrysler a few years ago. It was indeed a joint venture with Mitsubishi and it had...