Overview To be released in Australia in August 2019, the Volvo Mk.3 V60 is a mid-size wagon. Manufactured in Torslanda, Sweden, the Volvo Mk.3 V60 range for Australia will consist of T5 AWD variants (available in Momentum, Inscription and R-Design editions) and T8 Twin Engine Plug-in Hybrid variants (solely available in R-Design editions). Haldex all-wheel […]
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Review: Volvo V60 Cross Country (2015-18)
Overview Commencing production in May 2015, the Volvo Mk.2 V60 Cross Country was an all-wheel drive wagon. Manufactured in Ghent, Belgium, the Volvo V60 Cross Country was initially powered by a 2.4-litre turbo diesel engine that was mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. From April 2016, however, the V60 Cross Country T5 was available with […]
Review: Volvo Mk.2 V50 (2004-12)
Review: Volvo Mk.2-I V50 (2004-07) Overview Released in June 2004, the Volvo Mk.2 Phase I (Mk.2-I) V50 was a five-door wagon. Manufactured in Ghent, Belgium, the Volvo V50 range initially consisted of the front-wheel drive 2.4 and T5 variants. From 2006, however, the V50 T5 was fitted with a Haldex all-wheel drive system and, in […]
Review: Volvo Mk.2 V60 (2011-18)
Review: Volvo Mk.2-I V60 (2011-13) Overview Released in March 2011, the Volvo Mk.2 Phase I (Mk.2-I) V60 was a mid-size wagon. Manufactured in Ghent, Belgium, the Volvo V60 was initially available in three variants: D5, T5 and T6. In October 2011, however, the range was further expanded with the D3 and T4 variants. The full […]
Review: Volvo V40 Cross Country (2013-18)
Overview Released in August 2013, the Volvo V40 Cross Country was a five-door hatchback. Manufactured in Ghent, Belgium, the V40 Cross Country range consisted of front-wheel drive D4 and all-wheel drive T5 variants. Engines: D5204T4 (D4), B5254T12 (T5) and D4204T14 (D4 ‘Drive-E’) Of the engines, Initially, D4 variants were powered by the 2.0-litre D5204T4 five-cylinder […]
Review: Volvo V40 (2013-18)
Overview Released in February 2013, the Volvo V40 was a small, five-door hatchback. Manufactured in Ghent, Belgium, the front-wheel drive Volvo 40 was initially available with 1.6- and 2.0-litre turbo-diesel engines (the D2 and D4 variants, respectively) and 2.0- and 2.5-litre turbocharged petrol engines (the T4 and T5 variants). Beyond the variants, the Volvo V40 […]
Review: Volvo Mk.1 V40 (1997-04)
Review: Volvo Mk.1-I V40 (1997-00) Overview Released in March 1997, the Volvo Mk.1 Phase I (Mk.1-I) V40 was a compact wagon. Manufactured in the Netherlands, the front-wheel drive Volvo V40 range initially consisted of the naturally aspirated 2.0 and turbocharged T4 variants. The V40 range, however, was subsequently expanded with T variants in February 1998 […]
Review: Volvo S90 (1997-98)
Overview Released in March 1997, the Volvo S90 was a large, rear-wheel drive sedan. Manufactured in Sweden, the Volvo S90 was powered by Volvo’s 2.9-litre B6304 engine which had double overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder; a four-speed automatic transmission was fitted as standard. Essentially a re-badged 960 , the S90 was offered in […]
Review: Volvo S90 (2016-18)
Overview Released in April 2016, the Volvo S90 was a large executive sedan. Manufactured in Torslanda, Sweden, the Volvo S90 range initially consisted of the T6 and D5 variants (solely available in Inscription editions), with T5 and D4 Momentum variants following later in 2016. In early 2017, the S90 T6 R-Design was introduced. While the […]
Volvo Engine Petrol 4 (VEP4) | VEA
Introduction The Volvo Engine Architecture (VEA) was a family of modular petrol I3, petrol I4 and diesel I4 engines that commenced production in May 2013 at Volvo’s plant in Skövde, Sweden. Volvo marketed its VEA engines using the ‘Drive-E’ designation. The four-cylinder VEA range consisted of two basic engines – theVED4 common rail diesel engine […]