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Late XC90 advice please?

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Old Jan 20th, 2021, 13:27   #21
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Good choice. The '05 163hp is at a sweet spot in my opinion.
yes the best D5 engine ... 50 + mpg in the V70/S60 ...
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Somewhere past 2010 I believe Volvo also reinforced the structure of the XC90 to withstand the new small overlap crash tests. IIHS (US company) did the test on a 2014 XC90 but I believe the structure was reinforced a few years before https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPL0Vi_8fiI
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