Anyone go for a FWD XC60?
From what I’ve gathered the option of FWD on the XC60 is a new thing for MY2020 cars on the SPA platform.
I’ve ordered this spec to save around £1200 and, with any luck, help with the mpg. That said, I’m finding it weird to be buying an SUV with FWD and can still change it. Will I regret it? |
If you live in area with hilly mountains or bad weather with snow - then 4wd would be better.
otherwise i think you will be fine. |
I had the FWD previous D4 engined XC60, it returned an average over 45mpg during my ownership, and on touring hols would top 50mpg with ease. I fitted cross climates and had no issues , and I live in Wensleydale. My current MY2019 will only average around 41mpg at the moment, and around 46mpg touring.
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Regardless of car, I'd be hard-pressed to give up AWD on my next car. Very little to do with snow conditions, and much more to do with pulling out of side roads with some lock on in wet/slippery conditions, or just slippery conditions in general. The ability to get moving in a more predictable way in iffy weather is a big thing for me.
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But if this a a company car purchase - then so what........!!!! |
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AWD won't improve braking or cornering. Winter tyres bring a greater improvement in snowy conditions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfuE00qdhLA&app=desktop |
I only recently found out the difference between AWD and 4WD, for those like myself that were ignorant this is what I understand...
AWD is FWD pretty much all of the time unless the system senses wheel slip and will engage the rears. While 4WD is 100% of the time all four wheels driven. So in the case of an AWD Volvo does that mean it'll only apply drive to the rears on slippery roads? So cruising is probably never going to engage the rears? |
Not only that. Unlike German awd solutions Volvo’s are much more limited as to how much torque they can put through the back when they chose to do so - I think ours is 30% of the peak torque or so. So the only way they achieve 100% of current torque on rears is by breaking the front wheels as they detect slippage and that rear torque is tiny. That’s my rudimentary understanding. Quacker should be here telling the precise workings Any minute now.
The right tyres on rwd or fwd will beat awd on mediocre tyres in all but a few rare sets of conditions. But for resale you will have a limited demand for non-AWD SUV as was said earlier. |
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