VOLVO XC60 test drive since 2008 SUV

Diesel for Volvo XC60

What is the taste of the new Volvo XC60 equipment with the younger diesel diesel in a full -wheel drive line? Last time, normal tests of the new D3 engine developed by Volvo did not work.


Instead of the test, we were engaged in tire fitting on the Novorizhskoye Shosse and honed the skills of extreme taxiing between the pits. In addition, then only front -wheel drive configurations were given to us, which no longer climbs into any gates. Now everything will be different, I reassured myself, about to pick up the all -wheel drive Volvo XC60 with a new frisky d3 diesel. And I was not mistaken. Previously, they simply gave me a car and I rode about my business. Now some improvements have been introduced. The manager got behind the wheel, inviting me to the passenger seat, started the motor and directed the car to the concrete wall. If I was afraid of anything about Volvo, it is that they will ever force me to experience the City Safety system. And this happened. Yes, she slowed down the car himself, but next time I will put this manager in Toyota Land Cruiser and make me test the assistance system when overturned.


Ground clearance.
The capabilities of the crossover, even in the city, are determined by clearance. Volvo has better with this than any classmate


Horse move.
Volvo is safe to disgrace. We will save him, they thought and toned the car tightly

This D3 is a beautiful new diesel engine with a torque of 400 Newton meters. For diesel, traction is always more important than power, especially since the 163 horsepower it has a modest number, because gasoline motors of a similar volume today give out more than two hundred. By the way, the senior Volvo D5 diesel develops 215 liters. With. With the same volume of 2.4 liters. These two Volvsky units for black fuel work are cast from one dough. Almost all technical solutions and design coincide. But if I had to choose between them, I would stop at the younger. I have no hatred of more powerful engines, but there are practical considerations. Buying diesel in most cases tribute to savings. At the same time, I do not want to lose in consumer properties. With D3 exactly. Why are Volvo brand cars good? They are very comfortable, surprisingly pleasant and cause positive emotions regardless of whether you are driving or standing. In any case, it will be good: the smoothness of the course, a cozy salon, silence ... Here we are talking about the latter. The engine with the D3 index not only saves fuel (610 liters depending on the driving mode), but also more intelligent than D5. The eldest is too voted compared to him.


Updates in the interior.
The heating buttons of seats and climate lost their indication. And there is nothing good about it

Electronic frame
You can also discuss acceleration, remember that D3 is more modest, but for Volvo this is far from priority. A couple of seconds the difference is serious, but the mood of the volvodraver will not spoil, because Volvo has created an electronic security frame, within which the dynamics nuances are extinguished. The intersection of the marking line, a violation of an adequate distance with a driving car in front, ignoring objects in a blind zone will be warned by the car itself, and if necessary, it will slow down. But this is already banal. One of the last relevant chips innovative cruise control. You only need to attach to your tail to anyone you like, everything else will do Volvo. It will accelerate to the limit and tend to the floor as necessary. You can only twist the steering wheel, and your legs are useless, they can be sold or eaten.


Electronic safety frame. The driver can only twist the steering wheel, even in the mirrors you can not watch a computer stands on guard


An ideal motor.
Acceleration like an airplane, and appetite like a mouse


Caution, technical details
A five-cylinder D5 turbodiesel with a volume of 2.4 liters with a system of sequentially connected turbochargers, ceramic candles of incandescent and piezoelectric injectors appeared in the Volvo S80 back in 2008, but even then was the most economical in its segment and the first to meet the Euro-5 standard. Volvo CARS engineers increased performance and torque from 205 liters. p./420NM to 215 liters. p./440nm and reduced fuel consumption by 8%. The medium -level engine D3 produces 163 liters. With. at 400 nm. This is the same 2.4-liter unit, but with a shorter stroke of the piston, which reduced the working volume to 2.0 liters. It also uses piezoelectric injectors that reduce the combustion process due to very fast and accurate fuel injections under high pressure. A quick engine response is provided by a turbocharger to changeable geometry.

Author: Dmitry Leontyev, photo of Alexander Ortnova-Baranov

 

Source: Magazine 4x4 [January /2012]

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