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New Volvo V60 D5 Twin Engine Special Edition

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Old Mar 10th, 2015, 18:30   #1
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Default New Volvo V60 D5 Twin Engine Special Edition

Volvo Cars has unveiled a D5 Twin Engine Special Edition of its bestselling V60 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid. The new car will take the established Volvo Cars plug-in hybrid solution to a wider audience

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Volvo Cars has unveiled a D5 Twin Engine Special Edition of its bestselling V60 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid. The new car will take the established Volvo Cars plug-in hybrid solution to a wider audience

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Interesting, no mention of a price, presume less than the current D6. The 120kw is 163hp in old money, so is that still the 5 cylinder or the new 4 cylinder engine?

Be good to see a few more on the roads, only seen two others, one in Belgium and one in Glasgow.
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Doesn't say. Would imagine it will be the new VEA 4.

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Sounds like a detuned VEA...possibly forthcoming D3 spec? Or, more likely, a special level, somewhere between a D3 and a D4, to make a "D5" level once combined with the electric motor.

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Doesn't say. Would imagine it will be the new VEA 4.

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From what I understand further; the new hybrid twin engine V60 D5 will use the current standard 2400 CC 5 cylinder D5 engine detuned to 163bhp (so in old money terms that is old D4 spec as seen in XC60 !!!) and is called D5 so as to be a peg down from the D6, the D6 being the same concept using the same D5 2400 cc 5 cylinder engine albeit with more power.

Probably done because the D6 is far far too expensive and not been a sales hit, plus Volvo can also get rid of current 2400cc D5 engines, (or rather all the bits they have to make the D5 engines - for those that will question whether there are 1000's of D5 engines sitting on the shelf waiting to be used)

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From what I understand further; the new hybrid twin engine V60 D5 will use the current standard 2400 CC 5 cylinder D5 engine detuned to 163bhp (so in old money terms that is old D4 spec as seen in XC60 !!!) and is called D5 so as to be a peg down from the D6, the D6 being the same concept using the same D5 2400 cc 5 cylinder engine albeit with more power.

Probably done because the D6 is far far too expensive and not been a sales hit, plus Volvo can also get rid of current 2400cc D5 engines, (or rather all the bits they have to make the D5 engines - for those that will question whether there are 1000's of D5 engines sitting on the shelf waiting to be used)

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They have a Nordic version just like this at a considerable saving, but apart from some engine and ECU changes I think they're the same as the D6, so why not just make the D6 cheaper!!
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Default D5 Twin Engine launching ?

I noticed the V60 D5 Twin Engine on the volvo website car configurator. £38015 for a fairly high spec car, £2500 grant available and seems like a £3000 dealer grant can be combined with a £3500 finance grant when taking Advantage PCP.

Total price around £29015 for a 163+68 hybrid car. To me it seems like a damned decent price for a decent car.
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