having owned one,
The 2L Petrol is based on a mazda block, and shares some parts with ford ancilliaries, super quiet engine that needs some revs to get some reasonable accel, but then anyone who is used to diesels is going to notice that 😁
Petrol makes a v sensible choice esp if your doing lots of short journeys, one thing i found was the thermostat was causing the engine to not properly get up to temp leading to some excessive oil consumption.. just dont rely on the gauge as an indication of real temp as its a "temp approx warm" indicator, and wont show you an engine running at 75c instead of 90c as it should be.
One thing to watch out for is the aircon, if its not working often the assumption is it just needs a re gas, not so, can often be the compressor or condensor which can be an expensive fix, but at least the ford oe parts not as exp as volvos own.
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