Volvo Xc70 2,0 Drive

When they have spoiled customers interconnect requirements on design and space with the regulations of the Brussels Europeanofficials and politicians, is often off to an unexpected compromise.Precisely such a case, the Volvo XC70, a well-established modelstation wagon with off-road 4×4.

In version DRIVe is not the first time in history, equipped with two-liter turbodiesel, which also spins a wheel front axle. Various green taxes in many countries demanding motorists cruel fate, and therefore this combination will have in countries like the Netherlands or Denmark for those interested in emergency.

Fortunately, here in the Czech Republic do not care to bother, and so is the purpose of this test is simple: to determine whether the120 kW and 400 Nm is enough to shake a large field station wagon. To be clear - a two-liter diesel engine has to do with 1734 kg operating weight.

model history
Volvo XC70 has been produced since 1999 and together with theSubaru Outback or Audi Allroad is one of the pioneers of the fieldstation wagon. XC design was created as a logical extension ofthe model V70 offers a version fitted with protective plastic andraised chassis.

In 2000 debuted the second generation and the current version is produced from 2007 (with a minor facelift last year). Of course there has always been all-wheel drive.

Front-wheel drive option on the menu settled since model year2011, which also falls into the tested vehicle. This is again a natural reaction to market trends Volvo. Performing XC though is only a third of the total production model V70/XC70 (together the secondbest-selling Volvo model), in some markets but the ratio issignificantly different. This is true need for the U.S., where Since this year sold just XC70, or even on the Czech market, which last year won the XC70 ratio of 142:62 pieces.