Comments on: 2007 Volvo S80 V8 Road Test

By: Ruben G.

Ruben G. — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:22:12 +0000

I bought a 2007 S80- V8 with 29000 miles Pre-Owned-Certified to a 100.000 miles bumper to bumper.$0.00 Deductable+ The way this car handles,drives.,and feels just right..In the past I have owned several BMW’S Actually they DO handle better.,however once the experience of Owning a volvo settles At my age (63) I have done the right thing.@ the right price.
The V8 Volvo is Seamless…….

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:10:04 +0000

Sorry for bad spelling my borrowd laptop has bad working keys.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:08:09 +0000

I have bought a low milage used full spec S80 V8 AWD. After several friens tried it that have MB S-class and the new BMW X5 latest model they all where inpressed and said I can a car like this next time, goes like a rocket. And the Yamaha made V8 after Volvos specification are even better than the bimmers V8. Yes BMW runs smother but it can not compate to the sound and feeling! Here in Sweden we feel like Volvo-BMW-Audi-MB is all high qualtity. And the germans are way after when talking security, no whiplash protection and othre important safety parts. In perfromance I beleive BMW is slightly better but not S80 will in quality or safety. Just my thought, I had a V70 XC before and after 3 years noting ever repaired and now I will see if the will do the same.

By: Mike from the Commonwealth of Virginia!

Mike from the Commonwealth of Virginia! — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:59:25 +0000

G’day to all of you Down Under!

Very much enjoyed the posts. They helped me decide and I went and bought a fully tricked out S80 AWD V8 as a certified pre-owned vehicle. It had ~12,000 miles on it and was purportedly an executive car for Volvo US.

I have had it for several weeks now. Driven it from DC to Philly and perhaps 500 miles out and about.

Faster than I had anticipated. Early on Sunday morning I was swapping leader/follower with a BMW 7 Series as we bulleted down Rt 301 through Maryland. It is a heavy car, about 4000 pounds, and simply hugs the road as if on rails. No scary moments, no kissing the guardrail – just point it where you want it and that’s where she goes. The Beamer owner gave me a big grin and a thumbs up as we parted company at I-95.

Solid, fast, quiet, comfortable, great stereo, and nice looks. No “buyer’s remorse” here!

All the best,

Mike

By: Pious

Pious — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:46:29 +0000

Good to hear something nice about Volvos for a change. I have a manual S60R that had a little ECU work done and is now unbelievably quick (stock they supposedly did 0-100 in 5.6 secs), and it is absolutely beautiful inside. The only downside is an enormous turning circle. It certainly has dented the pride of many Aussie muscle car owners. My wife has an s40T5, also a great car (although it had a lot of teething problems new). I had the s80 for a day, and while I liked it, it is not as plush as the R (nor as quick, but you wouldnt expect it to be), although it was great off the line. All told though, after driving the XC90V8 for a day as well, the latter grabbed me more.

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:02:00 +0000

Yep……..I think Prius has taken over as the boring drivers car and certainly has all the old Volvo drivers in them. I don’t think Volvo will take long to rid of that old farts car stigma!Not with what there producing these days anyway!

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:00:27 +0000

Hah yeah I’m not having a go at BMW, glad you saw that, articulating my ideas has never been one of my strengths. My main point was if the car is as good as the review said it is (sadly I’m not rich enough to ever know first hand any time soon) then it would definitely appeal to some people who mightn’t want a BMW on account of them being very common in that high end market. Of course the reason for that is they are very good, but if this goes almost as well, some people (me included, if I was in the position to buy it) would be interested and not put off by the volvo badge. If anything it gives it the underdog status, as everyone expects the BMW to be awesome, whereas people expect a volvo to be shit on wheels.

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 04:48:51 +0000

Gee Tom and just when I starting to like you hahaha,………but it seems you have redeemed yourself, to a point! Yep I agree a lot of people buy the badge when it comes to BMW,I would prefer any Volvo any day over the poverty pac 3 series or 5 series…….but above that it becomes more serious. No one in the world can match BMW for their engine building skills yer the quality has gone down but I am a performance girl and that’s why I buy the badge! The quality is a little better in the top end of the market I feel anyway,too a point! Volvo seriously do have great quality ! I gauge a cars quality by how it ages ,my M3 is 9 years old now and yer its only done 70 klms but it is like new under the bonnet ,no oil leaks everything fits still ,no rattles …….I do look after it yes but I do all my cars ,I am sad to say that the V70 2.5T I had was a good car to but I went through 2 transmissions in it,numerous computer faults window switches faulty ect and that was new. Fantastic interiors and the worlds best sound systems!

I will keep this M3 once I have finished paying it off and get a E46 M3 after that more likely than not from the UK ,when I bought my M3 3 years ago it was always going to be the start of my collection and even though I paid $66,000 for it I hasn’t devalued that much at the same time I could have bought an E46 M3 from the UK for the same money but wasn’t prepared to wait 12 months till I could bring it over……I will with the E46M3 more than happy to wait to save the money.

Final words are I evaluate what my needs are and check all manufacturers to that price I can afford to pay!

But yer I hear where your coming from!

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 04:23:14 +0000

of course, thats if said BMW and volvo were roughly as good as each other. I wouldn’t buy a shit car just to be different, but if a BMW and a Volvo or Jaguar or whatever rare brands car were equal, then I’d go the less common option.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 04:18:44 +0000

I quite like the look of the S80, and the C30, and almost all their cars except the V70. And I’m happy living on earth thank you. I’m glad that the likes of volvo and jaguar and all those other brands that are starting to get their shit together after 20 odd years of disgusting cars. They bring a different take on car design that isn’t german and that refreshing after the last 20 years of everyone copying german design. Its refreshing, and I reckon better. Its also different, so if have that kind of money you can potentially be an individual and not drive the same BMW or merc as everyone else in that social-economic success bracket of society. I remember when Jeremy Clarkson went on about that if you want to be considered a human being then you didn’t buy a BMW. That was in relation to the mondeo vs BMW 3 series, because more people bought the BMW because it was a more yuppy badge, despite the fact it had become so common. Volvo isn’t so much a yuppy badge but a quirky badge, and I’d rather drive a car thats a bit different and unique. BMW’s aren’t exactly dime a dozen in australia because of the exchange rate, but I’d rather drive a volvo and proof people wrong about volvo drivers than drive a BMW and proof I don’t have an original thought in my body when it comes to cars.