Have i bought a Volvo or a ford?

[markt1]

I have bought a S40 2lit diesel and when i went to service it down at my mates garage the other day he said the engine looked fordish Yikes i thought but when i recently replaced the front and rear wheel bearings they came in a box stating ford again im begining to think should i have just bought a focus LOL.
So while i love my new investment have i bought ford running gear on Volvo wheels and body in which case i can live with it but im not impressed as if i wanted a ford which i hate them i would have bought one.
So what do i do next buy a s60 to gain a pure Volvo?

[John_C]

There is a lot of Focus in the S40 including the diesel engines. Given the Focus is generally regarded as the best in it's class apart from the crappy interior (which the S40/V50 vastly improve on) I really don't see why that would be an issue.

Bottom line : Do you like your car? If yes, enjoy it. If not, sell it.

Simples

Cheers,
John

[Clan]

yes it uses the focus floor pan and suspension and shares the 2 litre diesel with ford and citroen amongst other makes too , however volvo have ditched that engine now in favour of their own new 2 litre D3 and D4 . It is completely different above the floor though , even if the door hinges and check straps look similar they are stronger on the volvo !
No a S60 wont help thats basicly a shortened mondeo platform , but i think you will find it is the mondeo which shares the volvo developed floor pan .. although its basicly a giant S40 if you look at it .. ( floor pan and suspension )

Funnily enough the S 40 is nothing like a focus to drive , volvo tuned the springs and dampers .
There are not many manufacturers now that make all the car themselves ..

[SiRS2000]

As clan said you do have Ford focus running gear but to be honest for all the stick Ford still gets thay are at the top of their game & have been for some time the unreliable rot boxs are long gone.

The thing I find annoying about my V50 is the boot is consderably smaller than a Focus estate, I had a 03 Plate Focus ST170 Estate before the V50, very rare car, very nice to drive but the interior was very cheap which is were Volvo play the trump card being a premium brand.

I also miss the quick clear winscreen & the very clear easy to find A/C controls not as fidaly as the V50's Other than that I have been very impressed with the car.

[Clan]

regarding the AC you have auto climate control . its completely fiddle-less , if you know how it works .. ( 90% of owners dont know much about climate control from what i see ) yes you may get a blast of air for 20 or 30 seconds at start up but thats to cool it down in summer and demist in winter , you just have to put up with that , usualy you can leave it on AUTO set to about 19 C and it takes care of itself . If you disregard the climate control and use manualy , yes its a pain!

[GMad]

Originally Posted by markt1

So what do i do next buy a s60 to gain a pure Volvo?

My S60 is a Mondeo effectively!

If you want pure Volvo, buy an Amazon or P1800 or similar old school car.

[Clan]

Originally Posted by GMad

My S60 is a Mondeo effectively!

If you want pure Volvo, buy an Amazon or P1800 or similar old school car.

OR is the mondeo a s60 / s80 ? depends which way you look at it now !
2 very different cars above the sills ..

[sdavidwh]

Well now we can say us Volvo owners have a Chinese car???

A Chinese car company aquired 100% Volvo from Ford the other day

Dave

[GMad]

Originally Posted by sdavidwh

Well now we can say us Volvo owners have a Chinese car???

A Chinese car company aquired 100% Volvo from Ford the other day

Dave

Na, mines a Ford! Too old to be Chinese..

[Clan]

not yet , it will take 5 years before any changes filter down to the cars themselves , Geeley said that they want volvos to remain as they are , so perhaps volvo sweden will be back in the driving seat as they were 11 years ago .