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Jul 25th, 2019, 07:47 | #1 |
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Just curious
When it comes to the Volvo diesels I used to think that [for example]the D5 referred to the car being a diesel with 5 cylinders,obviously this is not the case as you can now get D4s D3s etc. so what does the number after the D stand for?
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Jul 25th, 2019, 07:51 | #2 |
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It's just a power ranking - it doesn't really mean anything on it's own - only in comparison to the other 'D' numbers made at the same time.
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Jul 25th, 2019, 08:58 | #3 |
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And also model specific.
A D5 of let's say XC90 is not the same motor as D5 of V70 or XC60.
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Jul 25th, 2019, 10:47 | #4 | |
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Now D stands for diesel and that's where the logic ends with Volvo. They have 5 cylinder D4s and D3s and 4 cylinder D5 which should be enough reason to not try to work out the Volvo naming structure at all. It's now a hierarchy within a given model range is one of the simplest ways of looking at it. XC90 and V70 shared the same D5 for several years so it's more nuanced than that.
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After that all the logic was shot.
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