Comments on: 2007 Volvo S40 D5 Diesel Road Test

By: Steve-Poyza

Steve-Poyza — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:41:53 +0000

Is this car mean’t to compete with the Renault Laguna? It looks a bit small to be honest. Nice to hear the good comments though.

By: billy

billy — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:32:08 +0000

and i have a renault 16!!

By: Russian Driver Car

Russian Driver Car — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:20:21 +0000

I have the s40 1,8 old. For my it is the super car! :-)

By: Andrew Shipway

Andrew Shipway — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:18:33 +0000

I have the s40 2.0d (not quite as quick as the d5) and its still got a load of grunt.

Its not as quick as the s40 t4 I had before, but since the power is their all the way through the rev range, I hardly noticed the difference between the two… apart from at the filling station!

By: steve

steve — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:24:57 +0000

I’ve had a Dolomite Sprint, a Suttons Turbo Commodore (1980). several V8s and an ex police charger so I’m familiar with grunty cars.
I bought the D5 some months ago after being stunned by the real world performance as it applied all that torque to 1400kgs of weight.

Add to that the 850 kms I got before the fuel light came on (nearly 6 L/100km) during a return trip to Junee. This on a car that only had 2,000kms on the dial and well short of “loosened up”.

I guess one of the reasons I’m impressed was because I never ever thought I’d buy a Volvo…. to me they were boring tin boxes full of airbags.
The new D5 S40 has changed my perceptions