Test drive Volvo S60 2000 - 2004 sedan

Great -minded egoist

In Volvo-S60, the convenience of using a car and a friendly attitude to the owner peacefully coexist with a sports image.
The Swedish model of socialism
If you decide to purchase a prestigious middle class model, there is something to choose from in our market. These are German Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi, Japanese Lexus, English Jaguar and Swedish Saab with Volvo. In this case, a comparison of technical characteristics, consumer qualities and even prices fades into the background. The main role is played by the image of the brand and personal preferences - often at the psychological level.
The authority of the C-class Mercedes, the BMW of the 3rd series and Audi-A4 are indisputable. Choosing between them, you can be guided by the category - I do not like it. But all three Germans are one in one - they literally suppress their inanimate correctness and technocracy. Not everyone likes it. Lexusus-SiS200 also does not need recommendations. But if all the two hundredths that have come down from the conveyor are in one row, they will look like a long Town House, each of the houses in which is expensive and prestigious, but they are all completed according to a single project.
In Yaguar-X-type and Saaba-9-3, on the contrary, there are more than enough individuality. However, such architecture is already designed for a thin connoisseur.
 
  Enjoy music
For S60, it is offered to choose several options for equipment. You can limit yourself to an audio training with two speakers and an antenna or mediocre radio of the 400th series. But I advise you not to be greedy and order a system of the 600th or 800th series (the last with the Dolbi processor about Lodzhik, in the picture). They are expensive - $ 1100 and $ 1600, respectively. But you will get an extremely high -quality automobile audio center with acoustics, configured in science in the factory. This is better than gutting the entire salon, installing an expensive system on the spot.
  
Volvo S60 2.4
common data
 
Body
5-seater sedan
 
Equipped mass, kg
1430
 
Complete mass, kg
1980
 
Maximum speed, km/h
210
 
Acceleration time 0100 km/h, with
9.6
 
Highway fuel consumption/city, l/100 km
7.0/13.5
 
Fuel supply, l
70 (AI-95)
 
Engine
 
Location
Front, transversely
 
Design
 
gasoline, 5-cylinder, in order, in order
with two upper distributions
 
The number of valves per cylinder
four
 
Diam. cylinder x Piston stroke, mm
83.0 x 90.0
 
Working volume, SMZ
2435
 
Compression ratio
10.3
 
Power, L.S. (kW) at rpm
170/5900
 
Maximum torque, kgsm (nm) at rpm
23.4/4500
 
Chassis
 
Transmission
front -wheel drive
 
Transmission
Automatic, 5-speed
 
Transporting numbers
I; II; III; IV; V; h. X.
4,77; 3.0; 1.96; 1.32; 1.02; 3.23
 
main gear
2.44
 
Suspension
   
front
 
independent, such as McExeson,
with a reptile stabilizer
 
behind
 
independent, multi -link,
with a reptile stabilizer
 
Steering
rack, with an amplifier
 
Brakes
 
disk with an amplifier and ABS,
in front - ventilated
 
The size of the tires
195/65 R15
 
Stopping at the Volvo-S60, you will receive a car that is not inferior to German in terms of prestige, but unlike them much more friendly to the owner. In Volvo, as in the mirror, the character of their creators is reflected. Imagine a typical Swede - wealthy, socially protected, confident in tomorrow. He is calm and good -natured. Having met an old acquaintance, he will smile, invite to visit and will not, like a German, will ask his wife how many bottles of beer can be put on the table - two or four. Communicating with Volvo is easy.
You say, the journalist is crazy - he pulled him on high matter. Nothing like this. Those who are used to using expensive things primarily evaluate their character. If the character S60 is supposedly compatible with your -
  will we ask?
When choosing S60, you first need to decide on the engine. Three gasoline 5-cylinder volume of 2.3-2.4 liters of various capacities are supplied to us.
The base for our market is a 170-horsepower 2.4 liter engine. True, only generous Swedes call it basic. In another car, they will also ask for additional money for such a motor.
The same engine, but with turbocharged - somewhat hot. He has already issued 200 liters. With. In this case, a low -pressure turbine does not turn the car into a plane, but only makes the motor more burdensome. By the way, only with a 200-horsepower engine you can get an all-wheel drive modification of AWD.
If you need really reactive sixty, at your service, T5 modification with 250-horsepower two and three.
Basic prices look like this:
 
S60 (2.4 l; 170 hp)
 
$28 050
 
S60 T (2.4 l; turbocharged; 200 hp)
$ 31,100
 
S60 AWD (2.4 l; turbocharged; 200 hp)
$ 34 650
 
S60 T5 (2.3 l; turbocharged; 250 hp)
$ 37 800
 
Even in standard configuration, the S60 is packaged very decently (see the list of standard equipment at p. 47). Next, you are offered a huge list of options. Moreover, the most popular are included in the packages of comfort, design and premium (their content is also given on p. 47). Since each option included in the package costs significantly cheaper than ordered separately, you are unlikely to collect complementary equipment by more than $ 12,000. At the same time, if you are asked: what is in your car? - You can safely answer: there is everything.
It is noteworthy that Volvo does not distinguish between equipment for simple and rich performance. For example, you want to get velor or skin - you will please you first pay for eleans with a bunch of other options. Do not want to pay extra - be content with a classic with a fabric. The Swedes provide the buyer with complete freedom of choice. Outwardly, the simplest and most expensive S60 look exactly the same. That's right - who cares, how much did you pay for the car?
We decided to try out a car with the most popular 170-horsepower engine and an automatic transmission. The equipment was supplemented with a hatch in the roof, metallic color, expensive audio system, as well as Comfort and Design packages. In the last package, cast discs during the winter period were replaced by steel on studded tires, and instead of the upholstery of the Salon, Sangen was present more expensive Nidingen. Such sixty costs about $ 36,000.
   
Here are sports seats with upholstery nidingen
      
   
For transportation of long items, you can open the hatch behind the central armrest, or fold the back of the sofa
 
Four -door compartment
What is the conservative Volovian design? The appearance of the S60 rather claims to the vanguard. Look at the nose protruded forward with a radiator grille, at a waist line with steep hips, on elegant rear lights. And the falling line of the roof and a large width of the machine (eighty meters - this is a lot for the middle class model) turn the S60 into a prolonged sport -wrapper. The sixtie is really very selfish. And why only her rear doors?
But it is worth it behind a slightly tinted glass, you plunge into a typically Volovian atmosphere of goodness, home comfort and care for a person. Here everything is subordinated to the convenience of use. If this is a pen, then taking up it, you do not think that she can fall off. If the button is not aiming at it with your finger - you won’t miss the top five.
The ergonomics of the driver's workplace are simply verified perfectly. It is especially worth noting the very convenient control of an on-board computer using a rotating wheel on the left steering wheel switch and a cruise control with buttons on the steering wheel. And the climate control remote control is simply brilliant. The same can be said about an audio system with three large rotating handles instead of tiny buttons. And this, by the way, is a security factor.
 
Having folded the front seat, you can get a table, or transport a long luggage
       

Deflectors in the central racks direct air to the rear windows or passengers

Cruise control is controlled by the buttons on the steering wheel
 
Both front seats have a complete set and a huge range of adjustments, which, coupled with two directions with a steering wheel, provides a convenient planting to the driver of any complexion. Sports seats included in the package design were installed on our car. In this case, this is not a Procrustean bed in which if you find yourself, you will not get back. Just sports seats are somewhat more densely kept in the shoulders and hips. With my anatomy of the 50-52th size, I felt in them as if they were specially created for me.
But if the thoughtful ergonomics of the salon has become the hallmark of the latest Volvo models, then the pleasant dashes of the non -automobile profile are simply touched. For example, pockets for trifles located in front on the pillows of the seats, or a hook for clothes on the right front headrest. The jacket hung it on him - and documents with a mobile phone are always at hand. By the way, for a surcharge you can get a full -time phone (or only preparation for its installation) with a high -connection set, where the speaker is mounted on the left to the driver’s headrest, and a microphone comes out of its right side on a flexible bracket. You will not fit a single third -party system equally conveniently. And the mount for the hook or the proprietary Volovian barce for documents on the right side of the central console? Such things are a penny, but they make communication with the car much more pleasant.
Well, oh well, a first -class reception is provided to the driver and front passenger. But after all, the sixties and the roof are flowing, and it looks like a compartment. Interesting,
How do the rear passengers feel?
Like applicants. The main thing is to pass the entrance exams, and there - if you don’t have a whitish and you will receive a diploma. At the exam, you are invited to squeeze into a narrow gap between the beveled doorway (the roof is flowing) and the front angle of the door frame. I immediately warn you that on the first attempt there is a great chance to fall asleep, stumbled upon a corner. No, S60 is definitely not suitable for the role of personnel.
What made the jealously protecting family values \u200b\u200bof the Swedes bring convenience to the detriment of some kind of sports style? Everything is simple. Unlike us, Europeans do not have a complex of barn. If a person intends to regularly transport passengers in the back seat, he buys the V70 - the same sixty, only with the wagon body. In the V70 and the spaces are larger at the expense of a longer wheelbase, and the ceiling is higher, and the rear doorway is almost rectangular. And the sixtieth is really assigned the role of a sports sedan for two, which, if necessary, can take a couple more people aboard. This is the ideology of many expensive middle class sedans.
If you have learned to bypass sharp corners, there’s nothing to complain about behind. The seat is comfortable, the places above the head and in the legs - albeit not with excess, but enough. The third passenger would fit here in width, but the sofa was obviously obviously for two, especially if the salon is sports. And, again, the Volovian care for a man - as if in an apology for the inconvenience at first. At your service are air duct deflectors in the central racks, a folding armrest with cup holders and a holder for a plastic bottle or for a paper garbage basket. Even pockets on the backs of the front seats - and those double. In the inner clarification of the magazine, and in the outer mesh - gloves and a hat.
Again a conversation about rags?
Why not talk if there is something? Volvo offers a wide color scheme of the interior and many options for finishing materials. Standard fabric or completely leather upholstery can be obtained with standard and sports seats.
In addition, plush is offered for standard seats, and for sports, the combined upholstery of Sangen (vinyl/fabric) and nidingen (leather/tissue). Plush is an amazing thing. It looks expensive and is perhaps the most pleasant upholstery for the body. Well, choosing between Sangen and Nidingen, I vote with two hands for the last one. Still, the skin is not vinyl, and the fabric in Ningen is also better.
We carry the baggage
Is the trunk fell victim to the sports style? In terms of volume, it is quite decent - 425 liters. True, these liters stretched into a narrow and long pencil case. But for transporting long -meters, you can use not only a separately folding back of the rear sofa and a hatch in one of the halves. You can even fold the back of the front passenger chair. And then - take at least a cornice, at least a surf board.
And, of course, Volvo would not be Volvo if the trunk had not been provided for additional amenities. The dealer can offer you an elastic net pressing the luggage to the floor, as well as install the side mesh pockets or belt, which can be pulled to the trunk wall so that it does not fall.
 
Governing bodies

1. Block windows. 2. Lighting control unit. 3. Cruise-control. 4. Niche for the little things. 5. Audiosystem. 6. Climate control.

 
The trunk is narrow and long. If something rolls into the far corner, you have to dive deeply
 
Children in the car
A passenger airbag is absent in standard configuration precisely because of the possibility of transporting a chest baby in a children's armchair located on the front seat a back forward. The Swedes do not trust either the switch of the right pillow that you can forget about, nor the automatic recognizer of the children's chair. Without a pillow - more reliable.
For older children, the chairs can be installed in the ISOFIX standard mounts located on the rear couch. In addition, for children weighing from 15 to 36 kg, you can order a chair built in a folding armrest. True, it is a flat mini-stop without lateral protection. The Swedes themselves call it an additional pillow.
Finally, by order, instead of the usual mechanical, you can get remote children's locking of the rear door locks, included in the button on the central console.
 
Dashboard

1. The screen of the on -board computer. 2. The indicator of the temperature of the coolant. 3. A speedometer. 4. Mileage counter. 5. Tachometer. 6. Clock, signs of the closing temperature, indicator of the automatic transmission mode. 7. Fuel level indicator. 8. Signal lamps.
  
Engine

1. Tanker washer of glass 2. Tank of the steering hydraulic power steering. 3. The expansion tank of the cooling system. 4. Oil -polling neck. 5. The tank of the main brake cylinder. 6. Bloc of fuses. 7. Oil probe.

 
Safety
This is the core of the philosophy of the Swedish company. Caring for safety is felt even in details, at first glance not related to it. Why, for example, the backstage clamps of the rear sofa were removed into the trunk? So that the children do not open them on the go. Otherwise, the load with sharp braking can fly into the salon and break the back sitting behind. You can continue as much as you like. Therefore, let's talk about the most important thing.
Active safety, in addition to the standard ABS and the system of distribution of brake effort, can be increased by installing the STC antibux system for $ 440 (standard for T5 version). At a speed of up to 40 km/h, it slows down the skid wheels and, if necessary, strangles the engine. More advanced is the DSTC dynamic stabilization system ($ 1100). She fights not only slipping, but also with drifts.
In the event of an accident, five regular airbags will perform for your defense. If you are not going to install a children's chair in front, then for $ 400 you can order the sixth - passenger.
But the most interesting means of passive security is the Whips system. It is a head restraints of a special design and back of the front seats, deviating and cushioning energy when impact from behind. This avoids spinal injuries.
A regular immobilizer and alarm will take care of the safety of the car. Moreover, the central lock is made in such a way that in the blocked state of the door you cannot open from the inside - for example, breaking the glass. You can turn off this function, as well as a volume sensor if you leave someone in the car. Plus, from the keyen, you can turn on internal and external lighting, approaching the car in the dark. And also program the time during which the car will cover your road to the house.
 
A hook for clothing is provided on the right front head restraint

In the front of the pillows of the seats, there is a pocket for trifles
       
  
The central console has an ashtray with a lid, a cup holder and boxing boxes for CDs

In front of the rear seats is a folding holder for bottles or for a paper garbage basket

    
We liked
 
Brushing phary cleaners are much more effective than jerking washer

Climate control block -image of convenience and logical control
 
The hatch in the roof has side curtains, which reduces noise at speed

The trunk lid opens at a very large angle, providing convenient access to the luggage

As well as:
Surprisingly thought out in the little things and a convenient salon in use
The possibility of individual setting of configuration
Comfortable suspension
  
We didn't like it

When landing back, you inevitably stumble on the sharp corner of the door

The handle of adjustment of the lumbar support is hidden in a narrow gap between the chair and the central box

As well as:
Too sensitive brake pedal
The road clearance is small
 
 
On the road
I am sure that on the S60 many will transplant from the 850th model or with her modernized heiress S70. So - in the mid -nineties, until the wealthy buyers have yet been overweight, the 850s in the T5 version diverged like hot pies. However, the dealers recommended the GLT version with their customers with a 170-horsepower hopeless engine, considering it the best.
Under the hood of my sixties, a slightly modernized engine from 850GLT rumbled. And I never regretted that I did not get a 250-horsepower T5. Moreover, putting myself in the place of the owner, I was glad that I did not overpay $ 3000 for a 200-horsepower heap. Why, if in the city a 170-horsepower engine allows you to easily jump from a place in a moving stream, and tense overtaking on a suburban highway does not cause difficulties? Perhaps the hopeless two and four are really the best. And optimal for S60.
An adaptive 5-speed automatic captivates not so much the ability to adapt to the driver’s driving style as the ability to slow down with the engine even in position D. In general, in an effort to extinguish the speed of the S60 demonstrates remarkable zeal. The brakes are so sensitive that in the cork crawling with small dashes, the traveling from behind soon begins to increase the distance.
In terms of controllability, the sixties resembles the 850th model, which turned the idea of \u200b\u200bVolvo as a car for dummies. However, to call the S60 a sports sedan without reservation is hindered by too light a steering wheel, which does not allow a subtly to feel the car in a speedy turn. And the suspension here is more configured for comfort than on an extreme ride.
It seems that the Swedes remained true to their ideology. Yes, they learned how to make cars with interesting driving qualities and a spectacular appearance. However, acute seasoning in the goetborg is still added in limited doses.
For sorties to the cottage and on the nature of the sixty, it is not in the best way. Its wheelbase is long, and the road clearance is small. Fortunately, at least bumpers from below are framed by soft unpainted plastic. But still, in our conditions, it is better to establish the original factory protection of the motor compartment, which is offered by dealers.
 
Car dimensions, mm
 
Salon dimensions, mm
Operation, service
There are 13 official Volvo dealers in Russia. Of these, seven in Moscow and three in St. Petersburg. The factory warranty is one year without limiting a run, otherwise it is ordered to carry out after 15,000 km.
However, customers of Volvo are demanding people. Therefore, some dealers take on increased obligations. For example, under certain conditions they extend a guarantee of up to two or even three years, provide free evacuation in case of breakdown in general, from the part of many Volvo dealers, a real concern for the client has recently been observed, and not just stupid declaration of rates. For example, if the corporate evacuator, say, was busy with independence and you had to use the services of a third -party service, the dealer will certainly share with you the costs of evacuation.
To date, the central warehouse of spare parts in Russia is absent and each dealer orders them in Sweden on its own. The cost of the Normal chassis in Moscow dealers is an average of $ 45-50.
 
 
List of standard equipment S60 and S60 T
Anti -lock brake system
Electronic brake system distribution system
Five airbags (driver, side front and window)
Front seats with protection from the back
Air conditioner
Audio training
Electric drive of mirrors and glasses
Seat heating
Central Castle with remote control
FAR Cleaner
Salon filter
Immobilizer
Security alarm
S60 AWD (in addition to S60 and S60T)
Automatic transmission
Climate control
Alloy wheels
S60 T5 (in addition to S60 and S60T)
Antibux system STC
Leather upholstery of the steering wheel
Ubotka Sangen
Fog lights
Packages of additional equipment
Comfort ($ 1255)
Climate control
Cruise control
Rear -view mirror
On-board computer
Make -up mirrors with backlight
Boxing for CDs and coins in the central console
Cup holders in front and back
Fog lights
Premium ($ 1255)
Folding external mirrors with backlighting entrance and output
Front seats with electric drive
Memory of the position of driver's seat and external mirrors
Rear head restraints with remote folding
Design ($ 1255)
Leather upholstery of the steering wheel and lever gearbox
Wooden decoration of the salon
Ubotka Sangen
Secret nuts on wheels
Cast wheeled wheels
 
Measure the experts of the magazine limousine
Weather
Temperature + 29
Pressure, mm Hg. Art. 749
Humidity, % 60
Coating dry asphalt concrete
Dynamic qualities
(partial load - 2 people + 25 kg)
Acceleration, C:
040 km/h 3.2
060 km/h 5.3
080 km/h 8.0
0100 km/h 11.4
0120 km/h 16.1
0140 km/h 21.7
0160 km/h 30.9
0400 m 18.3 (128.7 km/h)
01000 m 32.5 (163.1 km/h)
Maximum speed, km/h 210
Speedometer error, % 4.8
Elasticity, p
60-100 km/h (Kik-Daun) 7.0
80-120 km/h (Kik-Daun) 9.0
Running, m
12050 km/h 1851
500 km/h 813
Braking with 100 km/h
Braking distance, m 43.6
Slow down, m/s2 8.9
  
Prices for spare parts and that, USD
TO1 15,000 km $ 165
TO2 30,000 km $ 300
TO3 45,000 km $ 165
Oil filter $ 10
Air filter $ 23
Fuel filter $ 35
Spark plug (1 pc.) $ 5.2
Timing belt $ 61
Brake pads (front/rear) $ 52/45
Tipping Tip of the steering thrust $ 36
Steering rod $ 96
Ball support $ 74
Shock absorber, front/rear $ 135/90
Front wing $ 277
Rear $ 324 wing
Capot $ 962
Front door $ 583
Rear door $ 525
Front bumper assembly $ 579
Rear bumper assembly $ 423
Windshield $ 343
Side glass $ 196
Front headlight assembly, halogen $ 373
Rear lamp assembly $ 205
     
We decided:
The character of an expensive thing must be compatible with your character. In the Volvo-S60 there is certainly a living spark. However, he is strong, reliable and generous.
Alexander Konov, photo Alexander Sadovnikov
 

Source: Magazine "Limousine" [05/02]