Wilvo V70 test drive since 2007

Barn? Castle!

It so happened that the attitude of Russians to the station wagons is quite ambiguous. Most of our fellow citizens believe that the sheds are intended exclusively for the transportation of a summer cottage and absolutely prestigious, or the matter of sedans. However, world car manufacturers have long and successfully produce such cars. And the Swedish company Volvo is on the forefront ...
 

The first large universals of Volvo began to make, scary to say, more than 50 years ago (the PV445 release model 1953). It is not surprising that the company remains a recognized leader in the production of station wagons, which the language does not turn to call sheds, even despite their internal dimensions, which are quite corresponding to these architectural structures of central Russia. The Volvo V70, which replaced the 850 Wagon model back in 1997, actually absorbed many eminent competitors with its impressive size. And the last generation of seventy, this gap was only aggravated, because, unlike the predecessor built on the basis of the S60 sedan with a attached cargo compartment, the V70 of the 2008 model year took the flagship of the Swedish brand S80. Hence the noticeably increased dimensions of both the car itself and its internal space. The number of millimeters added in all dimensions can already be folded into meters, and an additional 55 liters in the luggage compartment do not even require comments: a huge trunk can accommodate an extra bag of cement ... Although, excuse me, such luxurious universals are not created for that. . And the Swedes especially emphasized this, trying to give the appearance of the novelty rapid features, unloading its body with certain design techniques. The long side glass of the luggage compartment does not at all weight the stern, but rather gives it some airiness. In a word, very stylish and even with a certain raid of sports.
 

The interior of the salon of the new Volvo V70 is in no way inferior, and in some details it even exceeds the salons of German classmates. The assembly quality at the highest level is consistent with the status of the donor. Many interior elements are well known to the suspended central console, and a multifunction steering wheel that migrated from the last eighties. Services of the pillows and backs, as well as adjustments in the height of a driver's seat with memory for three steering ones, of course.
 

The climate, cruise and other pleasant little things. In general, inside the seventy you immediately feel both the price of the car and the manufacturer's care for its inhabitants. And when you find a kit called clean air in the option list, you understand that the car interior is not just spacious and comfortable, but really luxurious. Imagine that when the car is unlocking, ventilation automatically turns on.
 

I ventilation occurs for about one minute, if the temperature on the street is above 10 degrees.
 

The system filters the air in the cabin, bringing it to compliance with the requirements of the Swedish Association to prevent asthma and allergies. Like this!

Sensations behind the wheel are not quite ordinary. Right in front of you a huge hood that gives subconscious confidence in your own safety. Mom is dear back! Is this a passenger car?
 

At the same time, visibility is very good due to relatively narrow lateral racks and the low edge of the rear window (though in dirty weather, it will not help much).
 

From the older brother, the V70 inherited not only the interior of the cabin, but also the Four-C suspension (the concept of constant control of the chassis). Automation constantly monitors the work of the chassis and manages to reconfigure shock absorbers in real time. Under some circumstances, the system allows you to achieve smoothness, with other sports tenacities. The driver can only choose one of the three buttons of fixed suspension modes Comfort, Sport and Advanced. The latter is the most advanced (by the way, in a free translation it sounds). It is intended for high-speed driving. Comfortable and sports is understandable from the names. The second noticeably adds stiffness to the suspension and makes the steering wheel sharper, although even with Advanced the car will not behave like a sports car, still the safety of Volvo remains in the first place. In any case, the car does not start, behaves predictably and controls the situation regardless of the driver. By the way, for seventy is also proposed a branded AWD drive system. This is a well -known Volovian mechanism where the front wheels perform the main work. If they slip, the rear begins to connect on an increase. Checking the operation of the system in a test car, I, deliberately exceeding the speed at a desert intersection, began to enter the turn first went to the side of the front wheels, only when the gas was added, the sliding stopped, letting the car complete the turn in a pleasantly tickling nerves with light drift, characteristic of the rear -in -laws. It is curious that the contrasting system of seventy admits these liberties. This is probably so that some zealous drivers can feel the main ones at the wheel of V70. And then you might think that this car is not very necessary for this car. Around it is such a bunch of light bulbs from electronic security systems that control the dead zone warning about the collision and others that such thoughts really climb into my head
 

Seventy and new motors went. Only a 4.4-liter remained with the S80. V70 can be equipped with three gasoline and two diesel engines. True, for Russia, the gamut of engines is more modest than the basic 200-horsepower 5-cylinder with one turbine, then six (3.2 l) and a 6-cylinder turbo engine with a volume of 3.0 l under the T6 index. An interesting unit, I must tell you. As the specialists say, delicious. At the beginning of the acceleration, he thinks a little, but through a split second, he spills out such a stream of energy that only hold on. After 2000 rpm under the hood, the turbine comes to life, and under a pleasant pressing in the back of the seat, the car starts to devour the road.
 

However, the movement in seventy is more like a trip in the car of SV high -speed express. In addition, all the things are at hand, and not in the luggage compartment of the aircraft, for example. In a word, a many -sided car.
 

Andrey Konstantinov
Author photo: Yan Segal
 
 

A source: Mkobil magazine [October/2007]