Wilvo V70 test drive since 2007

Calling - station wagon

What should a car that can satisfy a variety of needs should be today? On this, running around the new Volvo, Sergei Kanunnikov thought.
 
Pigitus will not be delighted: others do not cause much interest in others, although the model is completely new. The point is not so much the spoiling of Europeans by cars. Usually they are vividly interested in new products, but the family station wagon, as they say today, is not too charismatic. In addition, Volvo-V70 remained Volvo. The car has changed both from the face and from the stern, but not at all radical. By the way, in my opinion, the new stylistics is especially advantageous from the rear. The bumper, the trunk lid, the lanterns became more embossed, and the car as a whole. Not bad! Although for a large station wagon, designer delights are not the main thing. I’ll go around the car, opening all five doors.
There are a lot of places in Volvo-V70. It is difficult to imagine a load that will be crowded here, within a reasonable one, of course. It is unnecessary to talk about the range of adjustments to the front seats and the steering wheel: enough for everyone! Both the two -meter dad and the heirs. For them in the rear seat, two lifting pillows built -in children's chairs. Great!
There is no avant -garde in the interior decoration, like catchy chic. But everything is done very soundly and conveniently. Search buttons and twists (with age, this process sometimes begins to annoy) does not need everything where you expect. Unless the navigation buttons were hidden slyly at the end of the right knitting needle of the steering wheel. To find buttons, all the more, remember which Enter commands, and which Back did not succeed immediately.
But to transform the salon for the convenience of passengers or the rational and safe placement of the cargo is easy and simple. The station wagon is more important than other things.
Your own way
I dare to say: under the usual conditions of movement, an ordinary driver will not immediately understand that the Volvo-V70 of the richest configuration T6 all-wheel drive. A front -wheel drive machine in reasonable modes behaves in comparison with 4x4 no less reliable and solid at least on a high -speed autobahn, at least on the tight streets of the old Cologne, even on narrow provincial paths.
Of course, a large family car is not too Yurok, and to take it off, making unnecessarily sharp movements with pedals and the steering wheel, somehow indecent. But the ride with a secretly permitted speed of speed by 10 km/h and a fairly energetic passage of turns (just so as not to fall out of the German rhythm) is pleasure. The cranes of the body are completely small, and the steering wheel in not the coolest turns after short it is easy to put experiments in such a way that in a bend not to argue and not dissolve. By the way, by order of Volvo-V70, as on the S80 sedan, the steering with variable characteristics will be installed, which the driver can change within certain limits.
Adjusting the stiffness of shock absorbers is also an option. I recommend it to those who often travel long distances, including not the best roads. The difference is not noticeable on even. By the way, with a long, lulling driving around the autarts, adaptive cruise control will be useful. The device will maintain a safe distance to the in front of the car, will warn about danger and even lose speed. But not in vain manufacturers are always they emphasize that electronic responsibility from the driver’s brains does not remove. In the pouring rain, the inscription suddenly appeared on the display: the radar cannot appreciate the situation! As soon as the rain was weakened, the sensor dried up and returned to work.
The dynamics of a machine with a 285-horsepower engine is such that there are few rivals capable of making a Swedish shed on German autobahns. Excellent soundproofing and somewhat heavy comfort of the salon hingely hide the speed.
Important news for Volvo fans: diesel versions will also be supplied to us. I managed to try this. The engine in 185 forces allows you to confidently go in an established autobane stream and in those areas where there are no restrictions. Of course, holding on to the gasoline volvo on acceleration even in the mode of the pedal into the floor with difficulty. But the machine with a diesel engine is noticeably more economical, and the sound of the engine on the acceleration will not be called rollene, rather a fed aspiration.
Big is seen at a distance
Volvo-V70 An excellent long-distance car. He stands confidently on the road, convincingly slows down and also accelerates. Know yourself lightly support the steering wheel and don't forget to look at the speedometer. The machines of the orange lamp in the salon BLIS branded device, first shown on a Volvo year four years ago, will remind about machines that fall into the dead zone of mirrors on the left or right. To warn about the dangers of the driver, especially inexperienced, besides tired of monotonous driving, is not at all harmful. The same family car means to be comfortable, flexible, warning
The prices for Volvo-V70 are not yet called. But obviously, they will not be lower than that of the previous generation (from $ 32 700). Not cheap? But he is versatile gifted. Truly station wagon
We multiply by four
Volvo-KhS70 A permanent, SUV or, in a modern way, the crossover can be distinguished in appearance by bumpers and posture. Road clearance 210 mm. This is quite enough to overcome ditches, in which on a standard volvo-V70 would not be sticking. On a special highway with steep clay slopes, I rated the HDC control device on the descent. You need to stop, turn on the first gear in an automatic box and press a button with a clear symbol. I release the brake and remove my legs from the pedals. The car confidently, very slowly descends from the mountain.
When hanging one of the wheels, the anti -boom system helps. Sometimes it seems that Volvo is very reinsured, then you can give a little gas, and by releasing the pedal, again entrust the descent of the car. A full-wheel drive Volvo-XS70, like the V70 model, will be available in Russia with a diesel engine.
Volvo V70 station wagon in the broadest sense of this concept. Can I find something more universal? You can all -wheel drive Volvo XC70 with increased road clearance.
Born with a duet
The first Volvo-UNIVERSAL P210, also known as a duet, started only in 1960. It was made on the basis of the PV 445 van of 1953, the offspring of the clan 444, which debuted back in 1944.
A three-door car with a 4-cylinder 1.6-liter 60-horsepower engine (later 1.8 liters, 75 hp), durable and inexpensive, built until 1969. Recently, in parallel with more prestigious, large and expensive models. Duets made almost 61 thousand.
 

Source: The magazine "Driving"