Volvo S60 R

Liverpool-Lad · 13 Nov 2007 at 18:38

Hi guys,

Has anyone ever driven or come across this car? Its caught my attention a little due to its relatively low price (11k or so) for a car built in 2003 or so. The specifications appear to be massive.

Any thoughts?

Cheers.

[TW]Fox · 13 Nov 2007 at 18:41

Widely regarded as too soft and nowhere near as good as the M5, higher end Sport 5 Series, S6 etc when new, so slated.

However, £11k for a reasonable mileage 03 plate means it's now lots cheaper. I'd still rather have a 540i Sport but it's nowhere near the white elephant it was when new.

Kitchster_uk · 13 Nov 2007 at 18:47

Kinda go along with what Fox said, though you'd be pushed to find a decent 540i on a 2003 plate for £11k. Not into the M5/RS6 territory that it was supposedly going after and consequently didn't sell massively well. Not as well known so they are cheap compared.

Certainly a whole load of car for the money - something a bit different as well.

Liverpool-Lad · 13 Nov 2007 at 20:18

Hmmm, cheers for the input. Its a shame they arent more common otherwise Id take a test drive. Im guessing theyre going to be expensive too if anything goes kaput.

carpmaster · 13 Nov 2007 at 20:42

Quicker than an M3..............

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hGJgWdGv-yk

[TW]Fox · 13 Nov 2007 at 20:50

carpmaster said:
Quicker than an M3..............

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hGJgWdGv-yk

Except thats a BSR tuned variant with 354bhp.

Liverpool-Lad · 13 Nov 2007 at 20:51

Whats BSR? Some form of engine tweaking?

cymatty · 13 Nov 2007 at 20:51

[TW]Fox;10480858 said:
Except thats a BSR tuned variant with 354bhp.

Still shocked that it is quicker once rolling due to 4wd loses.

Liverpool-Lad · 13 Nov 2007 at 20:55

Im guessing it has more torque being turbocharged, standard is has 300ft/lb, probably approaching 350 with the engine tweaking. I wonder how much it costs.

volospian · 14 Nov 2007 at 08:12

Liverpool-Lad said:
Whats BSR? Some form of engine tweaking?

BSR are a swedish tuning company that design remaps (and other products) for, initially, the swedish based motors (Saab/Volvo). Nowadays, they have branched out to VAG and some Ford models.

They use a PPC style remap, so you can switch the map on, and if you wish to return to a factory tune, you can reload your original map. You can swap maps as often as you like.

I had one on my Saab, 210bhp > 247bhp in a couple of minutes.

http://www.bsruk.co.uk/

carpmaster · 20 Nov 2007 at 12:39

A different one here. This is a Volvo S60 T5 and not the more expensive S60R.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iigiYu0tJ2c

Still whoops the BMW.

Appelhanns · 20 Nov 2007 at 13:40

carpmaster said:
A different one here. This is a Volvo S60 T5 and not the more expensive S60R.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iigiYu0tJ2c

Still whoops the BMW.

Except for the "Volvo S60 T5 (Stage 3)".

Don't know what a stage 3 involves but I'm guessing it would make quite a difference from a standard one.

FTM · 20 Nov 2007 at 14:09

which version do the police use? the T5 or the R?

Fr0dders · 20 Nov 2007 at 14:15

they use the T5 version

[TW]Fox · 20 Nov 2007 at 14:18

Wow, you can tune turbo cars to be faster than a stock M3? Thats amazing and fresh news.

danza · 20 Nov 2007 at 17:41

[TW]Fox;10524128 said:
Wow, you can tune turbo cars to be faster than a stock M3? Thats amazing and fresh news.

Well obviously. It is however cheaper than an M3, and way more sleeperish to average Joe.

I looked at these as a possible replacement to my Astra 1.4, but was put off by ridiculous fuel economy and other running costs. They appear no less dull than a Saab 9-3 though, which is not a good thing IMO.

Liverpool-Lad · 20 Nov 2007 at 17:47

I think Ill keep my remapped Octy vRS