Volvo V50

handling · Post by **handling** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:11

Volvo V50

If you want a safe, good-looking and compact wagon that has accessible power and excellent handling, look no further. The Volvo V50 2.4 will answer your every need. But on the other hand, if you want a wagon to carry children and prams and clothes and all the rest of the stuff that a young family needs, forget the V50. It simply doesn?t have enough space or ease of use.

The current crop of Volvos handle very well and have excellent engines... quite a change from the recent past. But they also have poor interior design that leaves them much smaller inside than out and makes using what room they do have rather awkward.

The V50 (that?s Volvo-speak for the wagon version of the S40 sedan) with 5-speed auto trans tips the scales at AUD$52,950. However, our SE press car had the high performance sound system ($1350), sunroof ($2150) and ?aluminium interior inlays? ($245) options, bringing the total up to $56,695. That?s great value ? you get as standard full leather, extensive airbag protection that includes side curtain bags, Stability Traction Control, dual climate control, Volvo?s excellent trip computer/information system and an electric driver?s seat.

But what the features list doesn?t tell you is that you also get a superb road car. The engine is a 2.4-litre 5-cylinder transverse design developing 125kW at 6000 rpm and 230Nm at 4400 rpm. It has a gruff (though not unpleasant) note and bags of torque everywhere: the standard traction control system is needed when booting it away from a standstill. Together with brilliant trans logic, there is always accessible power and response.

Volvo claim a 0-100 km/h time of 9 seconds but such is the sheer spread of power, on the road often the car often feels faster than that. Take into account the standard tiptronic-style function on the auto (pulling backwards causes a downchange), and the driveline is an excellent match for the sporty on-road feel.

And the performance isn?t at the expense of fuel economy, either. Despite being driven quite hard in hilly conditions, the S50 returned fuel figures in the mid-high Nines (litres/100km). The combined figure for the official test cycle is 9.2 itres/100 km.

handling · Post by **handling** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:17

Dashboard , engine..............

handling · Post by **handling** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:32

Seat & trunk..................................

handling · Post by **handling** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:45

Bentuk dan tingginya setara honda stream

conan · Post by **conan** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 11:16

Very nice..

Chalupa · Post by **Chalupa** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 11:30

ruang kaki penumpang belakang kelihatannya sempit sekali.

The Stream X · Post by **The Stream X** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 14:33

Katanya Volvo V50 ini bakal dimasukin Indonesia yah ke Indonesia. Itu kata para petinggi Indomobil. Katanya Volvo XC90 V8 juga mau dimasukkin ke Indonesia. CMIIW.