Volvo V70 car reviews
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Volvo V70 estate (2007 – ) expert review
The Volvo V70 is a traditional estate with a huge boot. It offers the same practicality of an MPV or 4x4, without sacrificing a car’s driving credentials. It received revised engines and a new infotainment system in 2011.
Date added: Monday 06 December 2010.
Volvo V70 car review
The invasion of new types of people carriers in recent years has cut into demand for conventional estates. More drivers are being wooed by the status symbol of a towering SUV. But estate cars with their lower rooflines can usually be relied upon to handle better, without the lurching bodyroll of SUVs. Volvo have a healthy pedigree of building fine estates – they even raced them in the 1990s – so the V70 should be a fine drive.
Date added: Friday 10 November 2006.
News
Volvo V70 DRIVe estate (2007 – ) first drive
We’ve been to Sweden to test-drive Volvo’s new DRIVe range – the car maker’s green models. The Volvo DRIVe (pronounced dry-vee) is the Swedish car maker’s green range with all models claiming market-leading CO2 emissions and fuel economy. On the press launch Peter Ewerstand, director of Volvo Cars’ CO2 targets, stressed the cars’ green credentials are based upon the models being driven at an average of 20.5mph over a distance of 7.44 miles with 0-31mph covered in 30 seconds.
Date added: Tuesday 30 June 2009.
Volvo announces V70 and S80 prices
Volvo has announced prices for the all-new V70 estate and the S80 saloon 2-litre engine derivatives. The 2-litre petrol S80 will start at £23,495 on the road, while the new V70 with the same engine has a base price of £24,995. The new petrol powerplant develops 145bhp and returns a claimed 32.8mpg in the V70 and 34mpg in the S80.
Date added: Friday 16 November 2007.