Good question. My 9-5 was an auto , Noob ECU, 3” Hirsch downpipe, exhaust and inter cooler off a Troll-r and a 3.5 bar fpr. It was very entertaining. My XC70 is an E3 163bhp geartronic version. It’s got nowhere near the same sense of urgency the Saab had. But the torque isn’t too far behind the Saab.
I have and am enjoying the Volvo. It’s better built I think than the Saab. I bought mine by accident and it’s actually turned out very well. I’ve done c. 40k miles in about 30 months. It’s averaged 37mpg which is probably only 4mpg better than I averaged in the Saab. But Shell V-Max is more expensive than regular diesel. I do miss the vented seats in the Saab. They were superb.
The later 9-5’s were not as well put together as the earlier car. I had a 2009 DE diesel (Hirsch chipped to 175bhp and c 350Nm) which was OK but not great. I swapped it for the Aero (2003) when the gearbox went bang. The earlier car had a nicer feel to it.
Last edited by eternal optimist; Jun 16th, 2020 at 07:40.
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