Volvo V70 MY 2011, D5

Hello,

it might be slight off topic, because it was not the “test-drive”, as I use the car 2,5 years already. But I thought maybe some information will be useful for somebody considering Volvo.

So – Volvo V70 D5 (2.4L 5 cylinder diesel engine with twin-turbo). Originally it had 205 HP / 420 Nm, but after one year ownership Volvo signed the deal with Polestar tuning company, so I had possibility to re-map it without loosing warranty. So now it has 225 HP and 460 Nm. The car has manual gearbox, sport suspension with automatic self levelling and rides on R18 245/40 wheels.

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As you can imagine – ride is quite firm, at bad roads – even uncomfortable. But on good roads – it is a big pleasure, car is literally stick to the surface. You can go into corners at some crazy speeds. Torque speaks for itself – at 3^rd or 4^th gears are pushed to the seat when putting pedal to the ground. Also you can put 6^th at 60 km/h and have no problem with accelerating on the same gear. Max speed is 210 km/h, 0-100 km/h 7,8 sec. One big complaint from my side – steering. There is almost no feeling of the road via steering – especially when doing fast corners – you have no idea what wheels are doing...That is really annoying.

My second complaint – is the space at the back seats. I am 193 cm, and only kids can sit behind me, although wheelbase is 2,8m. Audi A4, BMW 3 – have more space in the back...But the boot is huge – it has boxy shape, so if you use net which separate boot from passenger space – you can fill it to the top with enormous amount of stuff.

Interior is minimalistic, Scandinavian.

I did 103.000 km with almost no problem, just one time had to repair minor issue in rear suspension. Of course I have to repair rims regularly, but I was stupid myself choosing low profile rims for such a bad roads.

All in all – it is a brilliant car for its money, and the engine is superb  and I have so much fun using this big torque (during summer. Winter is another story). It’s a pity, that Volvo will stop producing D5 soon. From other hand – Volvo needs big changes, because V70 was only mildly facelifted while competitors grew in size. So not it is almost the same size as Audi A4 or BMW F31, which is supposed to compete with V60. That’s why Volvo is working on their own platform for 2015 V70 and S80.

That's all If you have some questions, I will try to answer

Edited 21 October, 201312 yr by LS108