Comments on: 2009 Volvo S80 Range

By: NotTheStig

NotTheStig — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:42:46 +0000

Pious,

I have a wagon – so no parcel shelf !

A good friend of mine made the hat and tweed jacket joke often and then after seeing my car and having a look around the market, bought a XC90 for his wife…

By: pious

pious — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:52:42 +0000

NotTheStig – do you ever get tired of people asking why there isnt a hat on the parcel shelf? I must have heard it 100 times when I drove the volvos, and every comedian who said it thought it was original. I have to say, though, having the volvo was a great conversation starter, particularly with the R which really bent people’s perceptions of volvos, being faster than most v8s. Now with a jag, I suppose people will ask me where the oil stain is…

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:34:21 +0000

NotTheStig,
Point Accepted.

By: NotTheStig

NotTheStig — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:29:25 +0000

Nick,

When you use your car (as I do) for business purposes, driving a BMW/Merc is a serious issue, especially when you roll up somewhere that, um, the people may be a bit “less fortunate”…

Don’t seem to get the dagger looks in a Volvo like you do in other european cars in the same circumstances. Doesn’t matter that my Volvo is full to the brim with cool features and options – people only see the badge…

By: Sgt.Sweetchuck

Sgt.Sweetchuck — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:34:00 +0000

Nice house in the background.
Don’t like the car.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:30:34 +0000

Try BMW M3 = 4.0L = 300kw

By: pious

pious — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:28:24 +0000

yeah, the figures are deceptive – the V8 has 0 – 100 in 6.6 from memory, and it certainly feels faster than that off the line with a sweet engine noise. Just a little disappointing at 80 – 120, where you might want some more in overtaking.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:20:27 +0000

232kw from 4.4 v8, the 350z makes close to that. less torque though

volvo – 232 kW and 440 Nm
Nissan – 230kW and 358 Nm

By: LloydS

LloydS — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:58:37 +0000

It would probably be a nice car if it had a gearbox. Can’t have everything, I suppose.

By: Frontman

Frontman — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:46:53 +0000

Nick, most upper Euro’s would rather “Give Away” the safety equipment and then let the end user decide what Gizmo’s they want. The others tend to want to give all the Bling and and then leave the safety packs to the customer to option.
In my experience, less than 3% of buyers (all demographics & price ranges) choose to improve the safety level, but over 50% will choose some sort of upmarket stereo or Satnav or such if it was offered.
However I do quite like these things, and if (heaven forbid) Falcon had to go away from it’s current platform this is the Floorpan I’d prefer they went to. This one is good enough to even replace the Tuarus pan.