1998 Volvo V70-R Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- Ginny Buckley gives us a review of the 1998 Volvo V70-R, checking out it's performance and handling, as well as seeing how practical it is. This version of the powerful V70-R comes with a 2.3 litre turbocharged engine, which produces 240bhp, giving it a top speed of 152mph and a 0-60 time of 7 seconds.
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£37,000!!! mine was £200
Sod off! Seriously!? £200!? Just bought one for $1,995 and thought I was getting a good deal. Ahhh to be in the old world..
😊 Peace be with you my friend!
Why they always turn on some shitty music instead of listening to car?
"parking, it is also difficult" @3:30
That's not a problem of the car, its a problem of the driver^^
marruc2h2 the car has good visibility I agree with u
The Turning circle is horrific on the P80s.
What u can expect from woman
I've got an 850R, front wheel drive, 250bhp, manual transmission. And yes, it does struggle to put the power down! Full throttle acceleration results in plenty of wheelspin. I've never driven an AWD one but I read about all the expensive issues with the AWD system and decided to stick with FWD.
I have the S60 t5 2.4, and it is a lot on the front wheels, I agree, it eats front tyres, even without spin, every 37 000 km, I need a set, and every 74 000 (kms) all 4.
are 850 t5r exspensive to own and run in todays world im in the uk
I’ve got a 98 2.3 T5 manual with almost 270k! All original, no mods, truly epic
I've got an R-reg V70 SE in the same colour, sadly only the 2.5 20v non-turbo but it's one of the best car's I've owned and a hoot to drive.
Good video and nice to see a period video of these lovely cars.
Navigation in 1998 LOL
£37,000 back in 1998...damn.
men, and this great woman, and still beaming in today's reviews as well! so gorgeous u are now and long ago! Love your reviews in recent years (all the key elements i and many care about--the ride and handling equation etc
I learn to Park in a 1998 v70 awd manual...now all i use is easy 😂
V70 is very easy to park, because of the big windows and great mirrors. And i think old V70s had a extra feature that you could get, parking assistance sensors.
Just got one needed some work to make it go and will begin to enjoy it soon. I don't like the 4 speed auto with first not really suiting the lack of bottom end grunt. My 5 speed non turbo V70 auto would eat it to 40kmh at the traffic lights. This is my first performance car and great for a grandpa like me that likes the odd garage sale.
Reg is very similar to mine! R925 VUD
men and motors? I dont see a man?
This 'compensation system' .. does that mean that you can tune it to think its fully loaded at all times for even more speed?
no they worded it wrong. it has compensated rear shocks so when you load up the car with luggage, people and general things, the ride height will stay the same as it raises itself back up to prevent rubbing
ramawson
I getcha thanks for reply
thats exactly what i thought xD
Niviomat rear shocks
Presenter: There's an incredible amount of power lurking underneath that bonnet, far too much for a two wheel drive system to be able to handle properly.
2017 Honda Civic Type R: I think not.
Or, ford; litterally using the Volvo 2.5 R engine + bigger turbo and putting it in a fwd focus
We are now converting an Awd R into fwd because of the poor awd system, it will get 400bhp, those tyres aren’t going to like that:-)
My favourite car! Even better than the Audi Quattro!
hahaha sure, as if the Haldex was ever even close to be that good. It needs a fair amount of wheelspin to engage the AWD as there is a Hydraulic clutch involved.
Who was expecting to see a silver eBay car....
I want one ❤
It's true
Far too much power for just rear wheel drive! bwahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahhhahahaha!!
+Josh Reitz for a 2 wheel drive system was the words she used, and unless you are as much as a muppet you seem like, you will know the V70 comes as fwd....
Josh Reitz if the car had been rwd there would not be a problem with power delivery, but i have driven a 850R for some period of time and 250hp does not get transfer well to the roade with only the fwd system... as you will spin the wheels in 3d gear at a hard pull, this is what she meant with to much power for a 2 wheel drive system, remember volvo is not a car maker that makes useless wehicles but sensible ones.
Or as she said. 2:16 "...Far too much power for a 2-wheel system to handle properly.."That meaning FWD as that is the only other option besides AWD.So.. yes! Ståle understands perfectly well. Just a tip..If you "step in it" just stand still..don't start dancing around.
secularnevrosis well in your original comment it seemed like you thought they used 4wd instead of rwd as you spoke of it, thats why i felt i needed to "step in it" to get you out of it, but if you do know the other option was fwd then it make me ask, why the first comment at all?
ståle starheim
Sorry Ståle. I intended to
comment on Josh (The muppet?) lack of knowledge that the V70 has FWD or AWD. And his "crazy" reply when you pointed that out to him...
So sad these things came only with slushboxes!! 😭😭😭
i'll get the car and the girl
Wagon>Truck with cap
Let the hate begin.
The hate didn't begin.
dayway05 the hate is illogical. wagons are very practical. they only people who don't like them are immature 'cool kids' too afraid of being called old fashioned by their fellow immature buddies. Once someone put on some more years of age and can't care less about being 'cool', wagons start making a lot more sense.
+zeebazu The 'cool kids' like them even less when you smoke their dumb asses in a damn VOLVO WAGON
yeah the surprise in some of their face after getting beat by a wagon is priceless. that's why I love the unassuming S4 avant so much. especially with chip tune they pretty much match RS versions.
Here in my state they only recently changed the restrictions on cars, so I was lucky enough to be allowed to drive the T5 we have, which has been slightly modified with a 3" exhaust.
The other cool kiddies buying their souped up cars with hardly power at all due to these restrictions we have on "real" cars, and then there's me
240 hp..come on lady lol thats not much. Cool car tho
vix121 In 1998 it was...
22fret Ya, i guess it was lol
Today, you can buy a Golf with 300+ HP, I think, that says it all... ;-)
I'm completely with you. I have had an 850 estate, and now I drive a true classic: a 740 estate. A bit lethargic, but edgy and beautiful...
That was quite a bit for 1998 c'mon I mean that was V6 and even some smaller V8's territory not too long before, remember a BMW m5 of that time had 400bhp so really 240bhp, for a 5 cylinder, and an estate (think about that), that was quite something back then.
My dad's old 1984 Mercedes-Benz 500SL had a 5.0 V8, 240bhp, see what I'm on about? Also it's just as much about the torque figure (and where it's delivered in the rev range) which tells you how good it is to drive in daily use, high hp is great for maintaining high speed and good off-the-line go, but torque is the fun pulling sensation and mid-range grunt you need like 90-odd% of the time, and what gives an engine it's real poke going through the gears, so all-roud driving you need good torque aswell, she don't give us that.
Yes by todays standards it's not brill, but then again in the US cars were strangled with emissions gear so they needed bigger engines to gain the power the European market could get with smaller units, I still reckon this is one of the most practical, usable and best bang for your buck estate out there even today, even better if you can find one on the used market at a rock-bottom price, then again these probably hold their value well, another good reason to buy. My uncle's had 2 Volvo's Solid things, good economy, safe, even his V40 Diesel 5 cylinder he has now has got plenty of grunt, equipment for the price can be abit stingy sometimes, and as another reviewer put it, the price of options added toa high base price is a joke, but then again, you could say that about many other brands aswell.