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$23K

ill buy one for $15.

not bad

type R model for $25,700


[Edited on April 22, 2008 at 11:09 AM. Reason : ]

4/22/2008 11:08:01 AM

turbo 5 cylinder right ? sounds like fun to me.... give it awd and it will go from pretty cool to effing awesome.

4/22/2008 11:13:22 AM

yeah, thats what i was hoping when i clicked on the specs. i really wanted to see AWD.



man that would be nice. maybe next year

4/22/2008 11:14:28 AM

saw one going down glennwood a week or so ago. Best looking volvo I've ever seen.

4/22/2008 11:16:51 AM

just checked cars.com

they are going from $25-30K, not sure on which options. but i have a feeling these arent going anywhere near $22900.

hmm. ill just stick to my civic then.

4/22/2008 11:21:13 AM

Underperformer

heavy

Volvo.

4/22/2008 11:28:11 AM

its volvo. everyone knows they are boats.

the WRX is a 5door hatch. around the same price. same HP ratings. AWD. i like the styling of the volvo better.



[Edited on April 22, 2008 at 11:46 AM. Reason : ]

4/22/2008 11:31:57 AM

volvo is probably significantly cheaper to insure too i bet.

4/22/2008 11:47:55 AM

swedish iron

4/22/2008 11:59:56 AM

that side shot isnt too bad

id probably drive one

4/22/2008 12:51:33 PM

i love it

4/22/2008 1:03:19 PM

I sat in one, very very cheap on the inside! reminds me of focus quality

4/22/2008 1:17:58 PM

Yeah i can't make up my mind on the ass view of one but everything else looks pretty cool

4/22/2008 1:17:59 PM

^^I think you mistook simplicity and clean lines with "cheap". The interior of the Volvo has recieved great reviews in all the magazine tests I've read.

I wonder how much boost that engine can handle? I'm pretty sure thats the same engine they used in the S60R that put out 300hp.

4/22/2008 1:33:04 PM

the back

4/22/2008 2:08:15 PM

Quote :

"reminds me of focus quality"

I could be completely pulling this out of my ass but isnt this car on the focus frame?

[Edited on April 22, 2008 at 2:12 PM. Reason : the euro one]

4/22/2008 2:11:56 PM

yes, which is why that's quite ironic he said that lol..

Also shares the same platform as the mazda 3 iirc.

4/22/2008 2:33:22 PM

Love how the shape of the back glass is a nod to the 1800ES wagons. I am a fan of the styling in general, though I haven't sat in one so I don't know about the interior. It actually wouldn't surprise me if the interior was a little underwhelming...having had the opportunity recently to ride in an '06 S40 and S60 back-to-back, it's amazing how much more upmarket the interior in the S60 feels. The styling and ergonomics are of course similar, but the materials and construction in the S60 just felt much richer.

4/22/2008 2:43:35 PM

Quote :

"I could be completely pulling this out of my ass but isnt this car on the focus frame"

Its actually based on the Focus platform used in Europe, which is the next generation of the one used by the American Focus. Go figure, but Ford decided not to use their new and improved platform for the Americans

4/22/2008 5:40:46 PM

Might have something to do with the fact that the Focus is positioned higher in the market over there than it is here, since we don't have much of a city car/sub-subcompact market (Ka/Puma/Fiesta, or whatever has come along to replace those...)

Might not though. But as badly as Ford is doing these days, I would hope they would have a good reason for withholding a platform that could gain them quite a few sales stateside.

4/22/2008 5:53:38 PM

yeah we don't like nimble functional efficient cars here ... i'm still pissed about the mondeo.... that thing is beautiful.... but nnoo its not big and ugly enough to be cool like our fat ugly taurus

4/22/2008 6:15:48 PM

The girlfriend is thinking about one of these to replace her Volvo 850 Turbo wagon (which replaced her Civic Si).

We saw a European market Focus (I'm sure it was sportier than a base model) at the Nurburgring a few months ago, and was impressed (along w/the 2 other car people we were with) both with the interior and the exterior. Both my friends and the gf/I generally don't like Fords much less any other American car. In comparison, the U.S. market Focus is one of the worst looking vehicles I've come across.
Ahmet

4/22/2008 6:40:06 PM

Quote :

"I could be completely pulling this out of my ass but isnt this car on the focus frame?"

i thought that ford was using the volvo chassis as the base for the mazda 3 and the focus

4/22/2008 7:18:14 PM

^Six of one, half-dozen of the other? Unless you're being nitpicky about whose engineers did the lion's share of the development (I have no idea).

4/23/2008 1:21:13 AM