![]() Volvo has always built fine big boxes, and this is a fine big box. The XC60’s easygoing, if somewhat remote road manners are appropriate for a big crossover. Maybe it’s the sound of that blower, but this crossover feels like it’s hustling when the loud pedal is slapped against the firewall, and it consequently makes the big XC60 a bit more engaging than the T5-powered S60. Yet the XC60 with the T6 waltzes to 60 mph, Volvo claims, in a reasonable 6.8 seconds. This results in solid, off-idle thrust and torque that peaks at 295 lb-ft at 2100 rpm and stays there all the way to 4500.Įven the lightest XC60 weighs more than two tons, so that torque production has to push around some mighty mass. The goal here, says Volvo, is to use the Eaton to engorge the engine’s output down low and then transition over to a turbocharger as the engine moves to the upper end of its operating range. The 302-hp T6-motivated XC60 instantly announces its power with the subdued whine of the belt-driven Eaton supercharger. A six-speed manual will be offered, but likely not in the U.S. All three engines are lashed to a new eight-speed automatic transaxle that, in the sampled machines, drives the front wheels (all-wheel drive will be available). And the V60 got the D4 turbo-diesel rated at 178 horsepower. The XC60 had a 302-hp T6 version featuring a Roots-style blower and a turbocharger. The S60 was powered by the T5-level mill using a single turbocharger and making 241 horsepower. The gas versions wear familiar T5 and T6 badging, but rest assured they each have only four holes. We recently drove 2014 preproduction versions of those models in Euro-spec form in southern France. The first three versions of these 2.0-liter Drive-E engines will go into Volvo’s recently updated S60 sedan, V60 wagon, and XC60 crossover for the 2015 model year. All that’s riding on them is the company’s viability and what’s left of the Swedish automobile industry. So here’s Volvo’s shot at pretty damn good: a new family of four-cylinder engines-diesels and gas burners built around a common architecture-destined to power every Volvo into the foreseeable future. Tested: Volvo's Turbo- and Supercharged 2015 XC60!.
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