Wilvo V70 test drive since 2007

Calm, only calm

The new Swedish station wagon is a real storehouse of talents. And roomy, and convenient, and safe. Alas, medals do not give cars for peaceful initiatives.
 



Flash on the right, flash on the left
The richest of the impressions of all the wonderful school years for me were the NVP lessons. The military screaming: A flash on the left! And we are saving our lives with the whole class, at the same second we plow the mats in the opposite side of the nuclear explosion from an imaginable by the teacher.
 

Volvo-V70 also tried his best to help me survive, unless not in war, but on the road. One BLIS system warning about the appearance of cars in dead areas is worth a lot. Moreover, both in the direct and figurative sense. The idea is certainly good, but realization
 

Bright orange lights in the front racks on Moscow streets were constantly burning. It terribly strains and makes you turn your head more than usual in attempts to find a hidden enemy. And the car, it turns out, is in the back of five meters and does not prevent me from turning me. As a result, if I had not turned off this guardian angel and followed his advice, I could rebuild on another strip only at night, when there were practically no other cars around.
 

Do you think there was only one such assistant in the Swedish station wagon? Hell no! As soon as the car decided that I was making a sharp maneuver or very quickly approaching the driving in front, the windshield was illuminated by red flashes and a cummer turned on, making sounds that were very similar to those of the programs of the miracle field, if they did not guess the letter. Not expecting such a trick, with a fright, I almost broke the brake pedal. Thanks to the designers, the front-line collision predictor can also be silenced with a single button.
 

And I do not advise you to use active cruise control. Its developers do not know at all that on Russian roads an obstacle in front of you may appear literally in a split second, leaving no time for braking. To be prepared for such surprises, you need to feel the space not only in front with radars, but around the whole car within a radius of 50 m, identifying novice Schumachers.
 



All to one
I don’t know how to you, and in my head, all these measures were somehow weak to protect the falling asleep and scattered drivers with the T6 motor. Because I was one hundred percent confident: the in-line 285-horsepower six with turbocharged is suitable primarily for those who prefer something more active than the night reading of the newspaper on the couch.
 

Now I understand the new V70 this engine is simply not needed. He endows the car weighing two tons with very good dynamics. And I really wanted to demonstrate to others that we accelerate to hundreds in just 7.2 seconds. But even having turned off all the electronic assistants, I soon lost my desire to perform frequent overtaking. And all because you can not set up a small, medium and greater degree of amplification as the steering using the menu, a hint of feedback will not appear on the steering wheel.
 

Very disappointing. After all, if you order a pendant with adjustable rigidity of shock absorbers, then, turning on the advanced mode (it is called advent), you can save the station wagons in corners. Only when the steering wheel is empty and the bends have to go almost to the touch, relying on the stabilization system and all -wheel drive, the chassis settings depreciate.
 

Therefore, I do not advise you to order wheels more than 16 inches. Sports for the above reasons will no longer become, but shaking in the cabin will noticeably increase.

An amazing thing: somehow it happened that about this ultra-modern new item, I grumble and grumble. And that’s not so, and this is, but the Swedes tried very hard to make a car in which you could drive, practically without straining. Maybe I, accustomed to driving on our roads, as if under fire, went on too cheerfully? What if you try to do everything with Scandinavian judgment? As Carlson used to say: calm, only calm. So in the operating instructions it is written that you should not start the trip, until you study this Talmud until the end.
 



I went to business
The interior of the station wagon is simply strict and noble at the same time, no worse than that of Audi or Mercedes Benz. The devices, by the way, are very similar to installed in the new C-class. Not without your own delights. Here you have a soaring central console, and a branded man to control a climate control. In fact, everything here is like a sedan S80. Accordingly, you can order ventilated front seats, a navigation system, an entertainment center for the rear passengers. After all, the V70 was designed on the basis of eighties. So the station wagon is now in the business class.
 

 
A wide and convenient sofa is intended for two. Their service is a hinged armrest with cup holders and departments for small things.
 
  
Separate and adjustable heating of the sofa costs 12,900 rubles, and a couple of headphone connectors another 7800 rubles.

The upper edge of the bumper from possible damage is protected by a plastic lining

For transportation of long -meters, you can fold the back of the front passenger chair


And if in the salon of his predecessor it was not crowded, now about the feeling of the elbow of the driver and his neighbor, the contacts of high passengers with the backs of the front seats do not have to speak at all. A wheelbase has grown by 52 mm, which helped increase the volume of the trunk from 485 to 555 liters. As before, it can be equipped with all kinds of devices to fix the cargo. Including a folding grill that protects passengers from unforeseen movements to the salon of heavy baggage or Senbernar. The list of options had this before. But the rear door electric drive is novelty. Let it be paid, but nevertheless very pleasant.

 
    
The on -board computer communicates with the driver in Russian. Alas, there are no official maps of our cities and weights for the navigator
 
   
The armrest with a spacious box is in every V70, but for a hatch with an electric drive will have to pay 25,800 rubles


And outside the car looks boring. In Gothenburg, however, it is believed that the universal body is not a training ground for testing avant -garde solutions. Nevertheless, the designers dared to decorate his stern as the C30 -handed lanterns. And in front of the radiator grille rests on the trapezoidal bumper stamping. The face came out aggressive, otherwise you can’t say. Probably why I pressed at first on the gas pedal from the heart.
 



There would be happiness
Yes, only everything is to no avail. This car should not be aggressive in its character is not at all the same as you put. And in addition to the turbine in Arsenal V70 there are more peaceful engines, including Ford 145-horsepower and a diesel with a capacity of 185 liters. With. The latter, by the way, can be ordered with a machine gun. The new 6-band box works wonderful, the transmission changes smoothly, without jumping every now and then from one step to another. You go to yourself calmly, you admire the beauty outside the window. And the fact that the steering wheel rotates almost a little finger is no longer annoying.
 

And do not spend money on all these advanced systems of warning about dangers. The benefits of them are essentially zero, and the money is worth the electronic assistants, be healthy. Another thing is that even without additional options, the car has become even less affordable.
 

On the one hand, a more convenient station wagon, all other things being equal, is cheaper than the S80 sedan built on the same base. But if earlier the V70 could be bought for 845,000 rubles, now you will have to pay at least 997,700 rubles. Overpayment of $ 6100 for a more spacious interior and a step from an average to a business class seems at least unjustified. We already have a business class universals do not particularly complain.
 

But the biggest problem of the V70 is that he has a very interesting relative. Sales of the XC70 all -wheel drive station wagon, which has the same convenient and spacious, and the appearance by our Russian standards is more heroic, and the road clearance is already 20 cm. Moreover, the price of such a car is only $ 2300.
    
Not empty and very thick

The new V70 has many options. There are five engines to choose from. The cheapest version for 997 700 rubles is equipped with a 145-horsepower 2-liter gasoline four. The station wagon with the T5 motor is 55 liters. With. It is more powerful and 121,500 rubles more expensive. For the machine, you will have to pay 51,700 rubles. Diesel Volvo develops 185 forces and costs 1,178,600 rubles. In this case, you can also choose the automatic transmission, and in addition, order all -wheel drive for 59,500 rubles. A car with a sovereign six 3.2 l with a capacity of 235 liters. With. Available only with a hydrotransformer and depending on the type of drive will cost 1 276 8001 336 300 rubles. Finally, the fastest version of the T6 C launched by her automatic and drive on all wheels will pull for 1,426,700 rubles.
 

The basic equipment for cars, with the exception of some parts, is the same: ABS, ESP, 6 airbags, electric windows and mirrors, front seats heating, climate control, cast disks, CD-magnetol. In addition, there is an extensive list of options. But it is more profitable to order them with fixed packages of optim, premium and safe.
 
 
Volvo V70 2.0 (3.0 T6 AWD)

common data
 
Body, number of places/doors
Universal, 5/5
 
Equipped mass, kg
1652 (1765)
 
Length x width x height, mm
4823x1861x1547
 
Base, mm
2816
 
Front/back, mm track
1578/1576
 
Speed, km/h
200 (245)
 
Acceleration 0-100 km/h, with
12.1 (7.2)
 
Fuel consumption, l/100 km
6.9/11.7 (8.1/16.7)
 
Trunk volume (5/2 places), l
555/1580
 
The volume of the fuel tank, l
70
 

Engine
 
Location
Front transversely
 
Design
4 (6) -sil., In order (with turbocharged)
 
Working volume, SMZ
1999 (2953)
 
Power, L.S. at rpm
145/6000 (285/6000)
 
Torque, kgsm at rpm
19.4/4500 (40.8/1500)
 

Chassis
 
Drive unit
on the front wheels (with automatically connected rear)
 
Transmission
Mechanical 5-st. (automatic 6-st.)
 
Suspension:
Independent, spring
 
front
Type McEzerson
 
behind
Mollycent
 
Steering
rhealenic type with an electro -hydraulic
 
Brakes
disk, ventilated
 
Tires
205/60 R16 (225/55 R16)
 

Car
from 0.37 $/km
 

+ 
Spacious salon and trunk; high level of security; high -quality finish; generous equipment; The possibility of choosing all -wheel drive versions
 
-
High price; mediocre manageability; Dear options
 
 
Andrey Koltun, photo of Maxim Goncharov
 
 

Source: Magazine buy a car [20/2007]