Good - but not the best Volvo S60

Advantages: Style, performance, comfort, good economy for performance, well built
Disadvantages: Not S60 prime model

...Right up front I am going to confess that I am writing this as a slightly frustrated non-Volvo S60 driver. Strange statement that don't you think but there we are out here in the big bad world we do not always get what we want??. ??.and we (Mrs Richada and I) really wanted a Volvo S60, but not as it happens, this the most powerful 220bhp 2.4 litre T5 Sport version. 15 years ago I would have not looked at a Volvo fullstop. However if the S60 had then been on the market, this the fastest one would have been my natural choice. Maturity and certain financial commitments now mean that I am inclined to make far more rational choices when it comes to choosing a car, no matter if I pay for it, or is currently the case I have a free choice of company car up to a given budget. Part of my maturity also gives me pangs of conscience...

RICHADA 14.05.2005 · Read review
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Review of Volvo S60 T5

The Volvo S60 Diesel SE

Advantages: Volvo , Great looks, Great Drive, Great Car
Disadvantages: None I Can think of

...I Took delivery of this car on the 13th Dec 2002. The car was spotless. It is a black S60 model SE. I work as a senior ambulance officer. The car was then taken to our Ambulance Workshops. It was then fitted with Blue Lights behind the Grill Alternating Headlights that flash, rear blue and red strobes on the rear shelf and a magnetic blue lamp for the roof. It was also fitted with a hands free VHF radio and a VDO Dayton Sat Nav system. The reason for the fititng of the sat nav was that the volvo option was £3000 and the VDO was £1200. This was quite a saving so it was decided that it would be better . Finally the car was fitted with a 100 watt siren . The switched were fitted neatly below the heating controls. The car its self also has electronic seats with memory. The seats are leather and heated. The car has automatic transmission...

curry99 19.05.2004 · Read review
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Review of Volvo S60 Diesel

Volvo S50 D5 SE

Advantages: Nice Design, Great Comfort, Reliable, Economical
Disadvantages: High Insurance Group

...This is the 2.4 Litre, 5 Cylinder (Diesel) Volvo S60 My Dad owns this car but i borrowed it for a few days when i needed a car to drive around in. I only took out a temporary insurance deal with norwich union which, for 2 weeks, cost me £71.40 which is expensive, but i only needed it for 2 weeks and i wasnt going to pay £4k for a years cover (just because im 18) The boot space is good and is plenty for shopping, or luggage, although if you carry equipment around which is bulky, you may have a problem, because being a saloon, the boot opening is fairly small. Although the engine has 163 Bhp which dosent sound a lot for a car this size when you see cars like my mates Renault Clio having 197 Bhp, but the car squeezes every last drop of power and the clio is no match on acceleration or top speed. The handling round corners is...

Nerox 03.05.2006 (20.07.2006) · Read review
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Review of Volvo S60 Diesel

  A GREAT CAR FOR ALL SEASONS AND TASTES.

Advantages: Superb Engine. Great Looks. Sybaritic Scandanavian Interior.
Disadvantages: High List Price. Depreciation. Small Boot Opening.

...with any Ford model. In terms of size and market position, the S60 is a spacious five seater "premium" saloon, competing with the Audi A4, BMW 3 and 5 Series (it sits midway between the two in terms of size), Jaguar X-Type, Mercedes C-Class, Saab 9-3 and VW Passat. WHICH SPECIFIC MODEL? Those of you who habitually read my car reviews may remember me, last summer, reviewing the top of the range petrol powered S60, the 260bhp T5 Sport. I concluded that review by saying that yes, it was a good car, but that there was a far better, and less expensive, Volvo S60 available in the form of the D5 - the five cylinder 163bhp diesel powered version. Confusingly, since writing that review, that model - the one that I am specifically reviewing here, has been renamed - it is now the 2.4D, the D5 badge being transferred to the latest, more...

RICHADA 27.05.2006 · Read review
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Review of Volvo S60 Diesel

Im sticking with Volvo from now on.

Advantages: Everything. Ride comfort, Economy, Brakes, Engine......
Disadvantages: Quite small rear seating area. Enough for 2 large adults, and a child

...Dont get me wrong, my father insisted that he would never get a volvo. but as it happens, this car changed it all... The Volvo S60 itself is to be honest, one of the best looking saloon cars out there, with the look of business-man about it. You turn up in this and you feel business like and most importantly in my eyes, special. When a car pulls that off, you know its good. My father previously owned a Volkswagen Bora 1.9 TDi, which in his mind was the best, most economical car going. It was one night when car shopping that I directed him towards the Volvo garage. We looked around and instantly saw the s60. The distinctive looks struck us in the forecourt. He sat in it, as did I and the interior is swedish perfection, it may look like plastic, but the feel about the interior is brilliant. The centre console is pointed slightly...

tubster011 28.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Volvo S60 D5

Better than you think

Advantages: General loveliness.
Disadvantages: Fiddley to replace headlamp bulbs.

...I've owned this car for a year now (2006 model). The S60 is a nice looking and car still looks good although it's been around a while, especially in black. Nice coupe look to it even though a four door. The interior has a nice unpretentious quality about it and the seats are wonderful - I believe one car mag survey voted them best seasts of any car in the world. Exterior is typical volvo quality somehow manages to look a cut above mid-range cars. The 2.4 D5 diesel engine is an absolute gem (at least so far). Nice sound to it ;hard to believe it's a diesel. It's truly punchy and can surprise you with its acceleration and eats up motorway miles easily. (0-60 approx 8.0secs. Top speed 143mph) The best thing for me is the fuel consumption I regularly get 41 - 43 in general driving. But most remarkably on a recent motorway drive from...

padfoot100 16.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Volvo S60 D5

the acer s60

Advantages: colour screen
Disadvantages: heavy

...Features: 4,096 colour screen 16MB memory downloadable games Sound recording Photo handler Clock Calculator Address book Memo pad MP3 handler Infrared The PDA?s (personal digital assistant ) are organisers and are built to replace information on paper. Most modern PDA?s have colour screens, but few come with camera?s. (The XDA II has a camera but you can make calls on it , so its more like a phone). PDA?s are for business but you can use them for other things e.g. playing games, downloading and editing pictures and playing and recording music. Advantages: The acer s60 has a 4,096 colour which is better than some phones and has free downloadable games that you download from the PC-CDROM. It also has the ability to record sound and handle MP3?s. The acer s60 has infrared which is found in most PDA?s and is used to...

sunnyb93 05.08.2004 (09.08.2004) · Read review
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Review of Acer S60

How Good Is This

Advantages: Very well made car, super brakes, good performance
Disadvantages: Ride and handling not perfect

...and also the S80 which was disappointing. I did offer to take the test convertible (C70) for the weekend if they needed it testing but I think he sensed I was not really in the market for that. So, preamble over, what is the S60 like? Firstly of course its looks. It is a scaled down S80 but actually looks better than the S80 for being so. The proportions suit the sweeping rear window and the passenger-shell-smaller-than-the-body look. I did not measure it but it looks about the same size, perhaps a tad bigger than the A4 and about the same as the Mercedes C-class. The saleman did say that this was what they considered the car to be in competition with rather than the 406/Mondeo/Laguna class. As I do know whatever Volvo do they do know how to bolt a car together and the S60 is very well built and has an excellent build quality. The salesman...

polydeuces 05.07.2001 · Read review
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Review of Volvo S60 T5

Volvo C70 2.4T GT Convertible Review

Advantages: Luxurious interior, good performance
Disadvantages: Pricey, Rattles begin to occur after ~30k miles

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ladforce 28.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Volvo C70 2.4T Convertible

Fabulous all round car

Advantages: Punchy, characterful engine, refinement, comfort, build quality, equipment, value for money
Disadvantages: Poor turning circle, poor rear legroom, numb steering

..., no suspension clonks, and the engine sounds, pulls and feels like it's just run in. The absolute best part of the S60 is Volvo's warbling, characterful 20 valve five cylinder turbocharged engine range. Even this entry 2.0 version with its light light pressure turbo hammers out a genuine 180 bhp, and has a flat torque curve from 2000-5500 RPM. With an Autocar tested 0-60 time of 8.2 seconds, the car is no slug, but neither is it a sports car. What it is though is completely effortless, with the engine delivering muscular, relentless pull regardless of gear, and a reported top speed of 140 mph. Sounds fabulous too with a lovely offbeat growl in the upper half of the rev range. Under 3000 RPM, you simply can't hear it at all. The aforementioned light pressure turbo favours response rather than outright power, and it makes the car truly...

Postie2003 28.03.2008 · Read review
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