Volvo is planning to put smaller, four-cylinder engines into its big V70 estate cars aimed at company car users.
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Both petrol and diesel, 2-litre engines will be available from the end of the year as well as ‘flex-fuel’ versions, said Dean Shaw, product manager Volvo UK.
“There is a huge difference in terms of benefit in kind,” he said. “We have looked at what the market is doing and can see from examples of the Audi A6 which has benefited from using the 2-litre TDi engine from the Volkswagen Golf.”
For the first time, the V70 will be available with an all new T6 six-cylinder petrol engine – a compact and lightweight all-aluminium, turbo-charged 3.0-litre in-line unit which produces 285PS and a hefty 400 Nm of torque. The flagship V70 delivers 0 to 62 mph acceleration in 7.2 seconds and a 155 mph top speed.
This powertrain is joined by a naturally aspirated 3.2-litre derivative of the same engine developing 238PS and 320 Nm.
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By GlobalDataLike all engines in the V70 range, the six-cylinder units are transversely mounted, further reducing the risk of penetration into the passenger compartment in the event of a frontal collision.
This is one reason that Volvo has not gone for the 2.7-litre V6 diesel jointly developed by parent company Ford and PSA Peugeot Citroen.
“It does not actually fit,” said Shaw. “And to try and use this engine now would involve a lot of re-engineering and crash testing.”
He added that Volvo’s current 5-cylinder engines were also lower on emissions than the V6.
The petrol engine line-up is completed by Volvo’s 2.5 litre in-line five cylinder engine with integrated turbocharger, which posts outputs of 200 PS and 300 Nm of torque. A bio-fuel E85-compliant version of this engine with 145 PS will join the range towards the end of the year.
The V70 will also be powered by two versions of Volvo’s 2.4-litre five-cylinder turbo diesel engines. Expected to be key sellers in the UK market, these second-generation Euro IV-compliant powerplants generate 185 PS and 400 Nm (D5) and 163 PS and 340 Nm of torque (2.4D).
The new V70 will reach UK showrooms next month at prices starting from GBP26,495.
