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Originally Posted by classicswede
I am no expert on these but I am sure the c70 has stiffer subframe bushes and that is a big part of what makes them feel more positive on the road.
Adding inserts to S/V70's gives the same feel
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That's just on the convertibles which got solid subframe "bushes" and additional chassis bracing. You can fit the subframes and the bracing to other models but as you say there are the inserts which are cheaper and easier to fit than a subframe. The additional bracing is easy to fit.
The coupe gets the same rubber bushes as other models.
With these cars you can certainly make them handle better than stock - at the expense of some ride comfort - but it's all relative. They are big, heavy fwd cars with approx. 60/40 weight distribution so will always be prone to understeer.
If you want driving pleasure do what I've done and have a volvo for day to day use and get something like an MX5 (light, 50/50 weight distribution, rwd and reasonably powerful - mine is a 1.8 with about 150bhp) for fun as they are cheap to run after any rust is taken care of.