Car Advice

Volvo adds new diesels to UK line-up, Australian launch under assessment

By Tim Beissmann |

Volvo Cars UK has revealed its new engine line-up for 2010 with a new 2.0-litre five-cylinder diesel and a T6 petrol unit boasting more power among the highlights.

The new 2.0-litre diesel is, in essence, the same engine as the outgoing 2.4-litre unit but its displacement has been reduced with a shorter stroke to improve fuel consumption.

First seen in the S60, the new five-cylinder engine is now available across the entire range.

The C30, S40, V50 and C70 get two tunes of the powerplant: the 110kW D3 and the 130kW D4. Both emit 134g/km CO2 and use just 5.1 litres/100km in the C30, S40 and V50 and 154g/km and 5.9 litres/100km in the C70.

The S80, V70, XC70 and XC60 get a 120kW version of the 2.0D which puts out 400Nm of torque. The D5 twin-turbo diesel and T6 petrol engines remain in the line-ups with emissions from the D5 falling from 183g/km to 174g/km and power from the T6 up to 224kW and 440Nm.

The C30, S40 and V50 are also available with a new 1.6-litre four-cylinder diesel engine, known as the D2. Producing 85kW and 270Nm, the D2 consumes just 4.3 litres/100km and emits 114g/km CO2 in all three models.

The 1.6D DRIVe engine and the 1.6, 2.0 and T5 petrol engines remain in the line-up while the 2.4i and D5 are no longer available.

All the new and upgraded engines are available to order now in the UK and select European markets.

Volvo Australia’s Laurissa Mirabelli said the upgrades are currently being assessed for the local range, with 2011 seemingly the earliest we could expect the new engines Down Under.

“We’re still going through certification details for Australia and we won’t be announcing them until later this year,” she said.


 
  • Simon

    Volvo has never had problems buiding decent engines. The problem is always when they stick them in their heavy cars with inefficient drivetrains. I hope they can sort these deficiencies when they release the new engines.

    • pirakavezok

      Not really. I used to own several Volvos and I can confidently say Volvo have had problematic 6 cylinder engines in the 200, 700, 900 and S80. The 4 & 5 cylinder engines were relatively trouble free. Their transmissions were in fact quite ok when they used Asin Seiki transmission. Their problems started when they switched to GMAC. The GMAC tranny esp the manumatic is bulky, performs poorly and has a high failure rate.

  • Sven

    How about a auto tranny on the DRIVe versions?

    A Volvo [i roll!] buyer is NOT interested in a stick-shift.

    Still, owned by the Chinese, need we say more…..

    • Hjalle

      IM sorry Sven but you are wrong, in Sweden (we have a lot of Volvos) almost all of the Volvos are manual, and im pretty sure the same goes for the rest of europe.

  • George

    basicly C30 is very good, a perfect size [ 2 people + a dog ] BUT somebody is ” cluster stupid ” to put in it a
    4 cylinder Ford diesel.
    The sooner Volvo will make the 5 cylinder 2 L. Diesel in Australia standard – the sale of C 30 Hatch diesel will sky rocket. Laurissa Mirabelli – please wake up !
    IF Volvo keep the 4 cylinder diesel in , the sales will go to Ford Fiesta – same platform, same engine and
    $ 10 000 les.