Review: Volvo S60/V60 T5/T6
06-feb-2011 17:41
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Volvo S60 T5 Precio: 35.000 € Motor: En-línea 4cil, 1999cc, turbo Potencia: 240cv a 5500rpm Par (Nm): 340Nm a 1800-5000rpm Transmisión: 6-Vel, manual. Tracción: 4x4 Velocidad Máxima: 230Km/h 0 - 100Km/h: 6.9 segundos Peso: 1.600Kg (est) Volvo V60 T6 AWD Precio: 52.132 € Motor: 6 cil en línea, 2953cc, turbo Potencia: 305cv a 5.600rpm Par (Nm): 440Nm a 2100-4200rpm Transmisión: 6-Vel, auto. Tracción: 4x4 Velcoidad Máxima: 250Km/h 0-100Km/h: 6.2 segundos Peso: 1858Kg What is it? A double drive – Volvo’s S60 saloon and V60 estate, the saloon with the 2.0-litre T5 four cylinder turbo, the load hauler fitted with the 3.0-litre T6 six cylinder turbo. They develop 237bhp/236lb ft and 300bhp/325lb ft respectively, so neither is short of grunt. In sportiest R-Design trim the S60 T5 costs £29,625 and the V60 T6 £37,490. Technical highlights? Not the T6 engine, but the T5 – which is now no longer the charismatic five cylinder 2.5, but an equally powerful 2.0-litre four. Volvo are playing its origins down, but I suspect it has a lot in common with the Ford Ecoboost unit fitted in the S-MAX and destined for the next Focus ST. What is unique to Volvo is that the turbo is fully integrated into the exhaust manifold and is made of sheet steel rather than cast. This apparently lowers heat radiation, allows higher gas temperatures, leading to more efficient combustion and better low rev pick up. What’s are they like to drive? I preferred the T5 saloon to the T6 estate – although this may well have something to do with the T5 having a halfway decent manual gearbox (not one to be rushed though), and the T6 being hamstrung by a rather lazy auto. The trouble is the T6 is not a sporting engine anyway, taking a while to get into its stride. The T5 is much more impressive. For starters the turbo spools up very fast indeed and unlike most modern turbos, doesn’t settle for blowing hard up to 3000rpm and then backing off in a very diesel-y way. Here it feels a little flat low down, torque building progressively across the rev range. Above 5000rpm it’s great, giving you a real reason to hang on before changing gear. It even sounds enticing at the top end. Well, slightly. But the S60 feels heavy, not quite 0-60mph in 6.9secs fast and although the chassis in both cars is more tenacious, grippy and pointed than you might expect, the control interfaces don’t reflect that at all. Worst is the springy, imprecise steering. You turn in and the car holds a decent line, but due to the speed sensitive, variable assistance steering, power assistance comes and goes through a corner, making it hard to hold an even input with your arms. As with the V50 DrivE, there’s a bit of tyre grumble, but Volvo has improved its suspension insulation and body control in recent years. How does it compare? Both are very nicely styled – especially the estate – and have really good driving environments. Personally I prefer Volvo’s interior design to Audi’s, BMW’s or Merc’s. It’s fresher, cleaner. The Ikea analogy sells it short – think cool Swedish high end furniture and you’re much closer. But are they better cars? From an Evo standpoint, no. If you care about driving you’d have a 3-Series saloon or Touring every time, but if you care about your family and comfort, then it’s a whole different ballgame. Anything else I need to know? And then I drove the XC60. It’s always nice to drive a car that exceeds your expectations, but I wasn’t prepared for the XC60 SUV to have significantly better steering than the S60/V60 (more accurate, far better weighted), plus a surprisingly nimble nature. It was tall, manageably sized and rather nice. Still no driver’s car, though. Fuente: http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc...bo_review.html |
06-feb-2011 17:50
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| Cuando se ve el capo levantado parece que el morro es pequeño en relacion al motor, pero con el cerrado se ve de lo mas normal. |
06-feb-2011 17:53
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| Me encanta el nuevo S60, en general me estan gustando mucho los nuevos Volvo, excepto la trasera del C30. |
06-feb-2011 18:23
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Diooooooosssssssssss!!! Un S60 T5 con R-Design ![]() ![]() ![]() .... y ![]() Adoro este coche por encima de cualquer otro, quiero uno YA!!!! Sublime
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06-feb-2011 18:34
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Los motores y la tracción una maravilla, pero no me gusta, demasiado feo por delante ... Volvo V60 T6 AWD - 1858 kg Respecto al peso, " un pelín " poco pasado para mi gusto. |
06-feb-2011 18:55
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Mmmm... por lo que he leído, siguen criticando el tacto de la dirección, algo impreciso. Y eso que con el kit R-Design tiene un ajuste específico que la hace más directa y precisa. Claro que en esa crítica comentan que se debe a la asistencia variable con la velocidad, que es opcional. Quizá sin montar esa opción, con la asistencia prefijada de serie, vaya algo mejor. |
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06-feb-2011 19:35
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| Coño, no lo había leído: resulta que el XC60 tiene una dirección mucho más precisa, manda huevos. Quizá sea hidraúlica o electro-hidraúlica, a diferencia de la de los S60/V60 que es completamente eléctrica. |
06-feb-2011 22:11
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| Sí, es el nuevo 2.0 EcoBoost de Ford con turbo e inyección directa, que está en dos versiones: 203 y 240 CV. Ambos están disponibles en el S60/V60, el primero bajo la denominación 2.0T y el segundo es el T5 (sustituyendo al anterior 2.5 de 5 cilindros). |
06-feb-2011 22:24
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Hacen una prueba de un coche y ponen fotos de otro? Estas cosas son las que nunca entenderé... ![]() Por otra parte, alguien sabe con que cambio automático vendrá en el t5 en opción? El Powershift del 2.0T o el del T6? |
07-feb-2011 14:05
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El 2.0 de 5 cilindros propio de Volvo es el diésel (D3), pero los gasolina con todos de Ford y de 4 cilindros (salvo el T6, que es de Volvo y de 6 cil.). 1.6 T3 150 CV 1.6 T4 180 CV 2.0T 203 CV 2.0 T5 240 CV Todos estos motores son los EcoBoost de 4 cil. de Ford. Por cierto, Volvo España me envió un mail el otro día diciendo que los dos primeros (T3 y T4) no se comercializarán en España. Me dejaron absolutamente roto...
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, ¿lobo con piel de cordero?




