Test drive Volvo S80 2006 - 2008 sedan
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Previously, in the West there was the concept of a Volvo drive, by which, firstly, it was meant that behind the wheel of these Swedish cars there are mainly pensioners or people, also not very young persons very afraid to drive a car. The second category of Volvo-drivers is just teapots, of those that with money, but do not love to steer. In Russia, the image of a corporate, flute vehicle was firmly entrenched in Russia. Moreover, regardless of the power of the motor: at least to the bank, even to the State Duma. Comfortable, safe, reliable - like in a tank. These qualities made the Volvo S80 of the previous generation popular among strongly standing on their feet, prudent members of society. Those who preferred active driving have always lacked the driver’s component in Volvian cars, there were not enough non -informative and amorphous steering wheel, lulling the suspension and even the most advanced passive security systems. Even a turbocharged 3.0-liter engine with a capacity of 272 hp did not save. Put VIA ABBA and slowly roll on the S80 in the night city instead of Perseen. I would never advise this car to my friends who have not yet retired. 
What has changed with the advent of a new generation? According to the photograph in the press release, the car was not impressed. A solid sedan removed from the adventure corners in the right angle seemed to have almost not changed. The press release praised new engines, the protection system from the substance BLIS (Blind Spot Information System is small video cameras in the rearview mirrors that are struggling with dead zones), the possibility of a car with a cult IPOD and a reasonable adaptive cruise control, listed the abbreviations passive security systems. So what? The photo of the eighty was not inspired until he saw her with his own eyes. Everything has changed. The young car threw off for twenty years, and even the V8 nameplate does not add solidity in the face. The new representative car is now unified in appearance with the youngest S40 and C30. So even a trained eye sometimes confuses them when looking at the front. However, respect on the road to the S80 was even interesting, other drivers will recognize the new Volvo better than me or are they so missing any Swedish cars?
Inside the triumph of a friendly and laconic Scandinavian design, as he has established himself since the post -war work of the recently deceased genius of Hans of Vegner. The light salon is very comfortable: the selection of color, texture and materials at the masterpiece level.
The cold beauty of the central console and the instrument panels are fascinating. There is nothing superfluous here. Of the devices, only two dials and a tachometer. Inside the scales are the displays of an on-board computer and a smart cruise control with a radar. The display of the radio, like the scale on the dashboard monochrome, and this retro does not look at all old -fashioned, rather, emphasized stylishly. A slightly overloaded with small buttons, the suspended central console migrated here with S40. In general, at the level of design solutions and style, the Germans seem to have nothing to oppose Volvo. The new S80 has almost a museum interior! Everything is clear with the design, but how does it go? First, you need to get used to the idea that a hefty Yamakhovsky gasoline engine V8 with a volume of 4.4 liters and a capacity of 315 liters will stick under the hood here. With. Excellent soundproofing does not allow you to catch the moment of starting the engine, sitting inside, and outside the motor sounds frankly not in a sweet way. Steel notes in his baritone and crackling are alarming and even scared. The engine itself is launched by the button on the main panel, next to the chip key slot, which, however, can not be removed from the pocket at all. Wow, how strange it is to understand that you are going quickly, very quickly on Volvo and enjoy it. Before dialing the first one and a half hundred km/h per ICC, I turned the suspension into an advanced mode, that is, Advanced (there are also Comfort and Sport modes, and they are controlled by keys at the base of the central console). He determined the degree of assistance to the hydraulic wrap as low, for which he chose in the settings menu on the central display
the installation is high, there is such an option here. Alas, a Russified interface is not always clear the first time, but this is a matter of habit. As a result, with active driving, the traditionally comfortable Volvo suspension is miraculously clamped, but I wanted to release all 315 horses, and even test the CW collision warning system (collision warning). So, in this mode with the most clamped shock absorbers, the car turns into a Scandinavian express, and there is no trace of two hundred from an inactive image of Volvo. The car instantly reacts to the actions of the steering wheel, willingly and without rolls dawn in turning for the discharge of gas, and all-wheel drive implemented through the Haldex coupon in the rear wheels drive, only adds confidence when driving along snow-covered tracks from the Novo-Riga highway. It is almost impossible to tear the car into gliding with gas, since most of the moment still goes to the front wheels. If you do not indulge on the road, but set a goal quickly and with excitement to fly from point A to point B, then it does the eighty perfectly with this. The 4.4-liter motor does not behave as angry and sharply as its German rivals, but at the same time he gives all his 315 horses honestly and the traction supply is present in the entire range of revolutions. A six -speed machine pleases with adequate switching, and the brakes with informativeness and efficiency. By the way, the mentioned collision prevention system also works fine. The distance to the in front of the car can be set by buttons on the left steering wheel hub: the operating mode is displayed inside the left scale on the instrument panel. It is worth your leader to sharply brake, as the system itself will increase the pressure in the brake system, reducing the gap between the disks and blocks, and give the sound and light signal. If at this moment you press the brake pedal, emergency braking will instantly begin with strangling of the motor, emergency lights will flash, and you will happily avoid the destruction of a designer masterpiece called Volvo S80.
In half an hour of a very active drive, allowing the motor to eat almost a third of a 70-liter gas tank, draw conclusions. In Advanced and with a strangled steering wheel, the 315-horsepower S80 is excellent in corners, coolly controlled on a high-speed straight line, but also shakes pretty, without ignoring even the slightest irregularities. For a complete merger with the car, the front chairs do not have enough pronounced lateral support, which forces the passenger to grab the door handles, and the driver cling to the wheel. Landing to our sinful land, we transfer all the settings into a standard Comfort mode for Volvo. But I still want to leave the steering wheel heavy. The lightweight program is better suited to the girls if they suddenly accidentally find themselves at the wheel of a business class sedan. It is not difficult to twist a comfortable steering wheel, and a sense of control over the machine is never superfluous. In standard Volvo S80 modes, a comfortable and convenient car that does not in no way provokes an active ride if he himself does not want to. The suspension regularly swallows all the road flaws, and the power unit works silently and hides the shifts from the driver.
Long -flowing gas pedal allows you to smoothly dose the craving of the motor and keep high power in the reel. On the Moscow Ring Road and the Third Transport, adaptive cruise control is very useful. Of course, it will not be possible to take a nap at the wheel, but it relaxes great. He put up the limit 120 km/h, so as not to run into deprivation of rights, and roll to himself in the left row if the radar sees an obstacle, he himself will drop the speed to optimal. Attention will be required only on steep bends of the road, the radar loses sight of the drive car and gives a command to accelerate, which is clearly not to be done before the turn. In addition to comfort, which is practically not inferior to German rivals, Volvo boasts excellent safety and a mass of pleasant options like the optional Dynaudio audio system with 12 columns, which plays very well, and built-in Bluetooth telephone. He himself is connected with a cell phone, opens access to a notebook and even allows you to gain SMS. At the same time, it is not necessary to get a phone from a pocket such a system is much more convenient than it was in the previous generation, when a SIM card was constantly stored in the car, and forwarding was adjusted in the mobile.
Although Volvo has become different, it was very younger, frankly, it still does not very much pull on it-nevertheless, you can’t change the status of the brand with one novelty. But if you want to light it, you can do it much more confident than before. I liked the new Volvo S80, and you can recommend it with confidence that your friends who have not yet been retired. Especially for those who appreciate the Scandinavian design. And then, it seems, the concept of the Volvo-Driver will be filled with a new meaning to a respectable person, but not yet old and always with a spark in his eyes.
Leonid Pavlov
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spectacular, younger design
combination of sports and comfort
spacious salon
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conservative image
lack of color monitor on the central console
The price of the tested car is $ 81 100
Complete the test of the tested car
Frontary airbags
Side airbags
Inflatable curtains
Abs
Anti -boom system
The system of dynamic stabilization
Adjustable suspension
A full -wheel drive transmission
Steering amplifier
Automatic transmission
Multifunctional steering wheel
Adjustable steering column in height
Adjustable steering column by departure
Steering wheel decoration with leather
Salon decoration with leather
Electric heating of the front seats
Rear -view mirror
Bluetooth kit for phone
Remote Central Castle
Contactless access
Air conditioner
Climate control is two-zone
Electric drive and heating of external mirrors
Electric power drive of external mirrors
Electr -glass lifts are front
Rear electric windows
Back seat
Luke for long -meters
CD-audio system
CD changer
Light sensor
Rain sensor
Trip computer
Luke with electric drive
Parctronics
Lighting headlights
Fog lights
headlight washer
Alloy wheels
Coloring metallic
Electroregulation of the driver's seat
Electroregulation of the front seats
Tire pressure sensor
Cruise control
Active cruise control
Xenon headlights
Specifications
Body
Body type 4-door sedan
The number of places 5
Trunk volume, l 480
Equipped mass, kg 1742
Full mass, kg 2320
Length, mm 4851
Width, mm 1860
Height, mm 1490
Wheel base, mm 2835
Road clearance, mm 149
Engine
Type gasoline, with distributed injection
Front location, transversely
Location and number of cylinders V8
Working volume, cm 4414
Cylinder diameter/piston stroke, mm 94.0/79.5
Compression degree 10.4: 1
The number of valves per cylinder 4
Maximum power, L.S./rpm 315/5950
Maximum torque, Nm/rpm 440/3950
Transmission
Gearbox 6-speed, automatic
The drive is full, with the haldex coupling in the rear wheels drive
The front suspension is independent, spring, mcpherson
The rear suspension is independent, spring, multi -link
Front brakes Disco ventilated
The rear brakes are disk
Tires 245/40 R18
Dynamics
Maximum speed, km/h 250
Acceleration time 0-100 km/h, with 6.5
Fuel consumption, l/100 km
city cycle 18
country cycle 8.3
mixed cycle 11.9
Fuel tank capacity, l 70
Fuel of gasoline AI-91-98
Source: Carclub.ru
