Diesel is dead - long live the hybrid[URL="http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/volvo-xc90-t8-revealed-2014-12-08"] http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/volvo-xc90-t8-revealed-2014-12-08[/URL] I just hope they don't limit this powertrain to just the SUV
[QUOTE=Wobbly Dave;751131]Diesel is dead [/QUOTE] Good Riddance!
The new 450bhp triple turbo 2.0L 4-pot has been stuffed into a S60 mule recently. Hopefully, it'll make it to production :) I've had a rant about the T8 before - I don't care about the performance or fuel economy, a T8 should be an 8-pot with a blower. End of.
Usually I'm against hybrids just on principle....dislike the fact that big car companies are asking us to pay for their R&D, even apart from considering the raw materials costs of the battery & drivetrain outweigh any supposed savings but er yeah that is rather nice. I bet if you thrash it to 60 it doesn't produce only 59 g/km co2. A bit misleading to claim both in the same sentence.
Lovely isn't it.
I quite like what about the £?
Guess like new tech we do pay for the RND costs, but one would hope it'll get cheaper as time goes on.
[QUOTE=M-R-P;751133]The new 450bhp triple turbo 2.0L 4-pot has been stuffed into a S60 mule recently. Hopefully, it'll make it to production :) I've had a rant about the T8 before - I don't care about the performance or fuel economy, a T8 should be an 8-pot with a blower. End of.[/QUOTE] I agree, I don't like the way Volvo have messed with the model designations lately either. :( It should be (as it always was) T = Turbo (Petrol) 4/5/6/8 = Number of cylinders
... and who wouldn't want a test drive in a proper T8 (thinking Noble M600 here)
[QUOTE=M-R-P;751157]... and who wouldn't want a test drive in a proper T8 (thinking Noble M600 here)[/QUOTE] The filthiest exhaust note I've ever witness firsthand
[QUOTE=y2blade;751167]The filthiest exhaust note I've ever witness firsthand[/QUOTE] You've never heard a Shelby Cobra with straight thru pipes then mate ;)
[QUOTE=M-R-P;751168]You've never heard a Shelby Cobra with straight thru pipes then mate ;)[/QUOTE] Nope.
[QUOTE=y2blade;751169]Nope.[/QUOTE] Man-crisis inducing. that is all.
I like it, all apart from the front end... the grill is just too big. I'm afraid to say I once would have hated it on principle too but I've come to accept hybrid tech is here to stay. Besides if they can make a "tank" go to 60 in less than 6 seconds I think its caught up enough to start to interest the enthusiasts. That engine in a C30 if they still made them would be pretty epic!
[QUOTE=jamesy12345;751136]Usually I'm against hybrids just on principle....dislike the fact that big car companies are asking us to pay for their R&D, even apart from considering the raw materials costs of the battery & drivetrain outweigh any supposed savings but er yeah that is rather nice. I bet if you thrash it to 60 it doesn't produce only 59 g/km co2. A bit misleading to claim both in the same sentence.[/QUOTE] Look at the claimed mpg for the bmw i8, something like 130mpg? I think pistonheads managed about 38mpg, which is good for its performance, but its some way of 130mpg.................
[QUOTE=LiamT4;751220]Look at the claimed mpg for the bmw i8, something like 130mpg? I think pistonheads managed about 38mpg, which is good for its performance, but its some way of 130mpg.................[/QUOTE] Had a look around one at a pistonheads meet and there's a lot of R and D gone into it but 100k quid? Like f#@k.
[QUOTE=M-R-P;751133]The new 450bhp triple turbo 2.0L 4-pot has been stuffed into a S60 mule recently. Hopefully, it'll make it to production :) I've had a rant about the T8 before - I don't care about the performance or fuel economy, a T8 should be an 8-pot with a blower. End of.[/QUOTE] Agreed, but can you imagine the controversy that Volvo caused when they launched the S/V40 range, that was a nail in the coffin for the old designation entirely...
[QUOTE=M-R-P;751236]Had a look around one at a pistonheads meet and there's a lot of R and D gone into it but 100k quid? Like f#@k.[/QUOTE]
I had a couple of hours in one (A good friend is pretty high-up in BMW, he had one for a weekend), amazing car
