Quiet, with the image of a “car for someone older than 65” Volvo is a rare guest in the tuning-studios. In particular, wagon, and moreover, diesel version. But among the customers of Swedish cars, there are strangely enough people who need only charged Diesel Volvo. And because of that there are companies willing to offer it.
Example - the German firm Lexmaul. It is ready to add for a humorous thousand euro some hp to a Volvo V70 in a rather weak turbodiesel version. Through re-installing electronic brain to two-liter motor’s output will be raised by 30 hp (to 166hp) and torque to 70 N • m (before 390).
Approximately the same amount could be spent for fine-tuning of the suspension. Tuners will put shortened springs and lower the car for 30 mm. At this program tuning ends. Apparently, the Germans believe that for the owner of the diesel V70 it is more than enough.
How much the dynamics was changed, is not reported. But note that the standard V70 modification with 2L diesel engine is not too fast. It speeds up to one hundred for 11,4 s, and develops 195 km / h.
The Volvo V70 is a mid-size five-door station wagon / estate manufactured by Volvo Cars since 1996 — and closely related to the S70, S60 and S80 saloons as well as the four-wheel drive Cross Country (XC) and XC70.
Since its inception, the V70 has evolved through three generations — notably, the second generation designed by Peter Horbury.
Over 80% of V70s are sold in Europe, one third in Sweden. The Volvo V70 has been the best selling car in Sweden for many years.
But of course, it is rather surprising, that tuners start to look on such unusual vehicles and propose tuning for them.
