Long-term test review: Volvo XC90

[Lexman8]

Updated 09 Aug: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volvo/x...iew-volvo-xc90

[neon]

Thanks for the link. Shame they did not swap it for the updated D5 as a comparison. The low mpg that he was reporting on the D5 is a concern.

[Carl Sberglager]

Originally Posted by neon

Thanks for the link. Shame they did not swap it for the updated D5 as a comparison. The low mpg that he was reporting on the D5 is a concern.

Think it's a heavy footed motoring journo, rather than the car. We drive to enjoy the car and have averaged 36mpg in 11 months/19500 miles and have achieved up to 45mpg on long runs.

[BTXC90]

Originally Posted by Carl Sberglager

Think it's a heavy footed motoring journo, rather than the car. We drive to enjoy the car and have averaged 36mpg in 11 months/19500 miles and have achieved up to 45mpg on long runs.

That's around what I have heard/read at few other places as well. mid 40s MPG in the D5 (slightly better with the powerpulse).

[BTXC90]

Originally Posted by Lexman8

Updated 09 Aug: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volvo/x...iew-volvo-xc90

Went out for a short walk after lunch today, around London Bridge/Southwark area and saw a D5 Magic Blue momentum parked on a road side. Stood near by for a couple of mins staring at the car

[neon]

Originally Posted by BTXC90

Went out for a short walk after lunch today, around London Bridge/Southwark area and saw a D5 Magic Blue momentum parked on a road side. Stood near by for a couple of mins staring at the car

Obsessed, be spending all your time on forums and watching and reading reviews next. ;-)

[neon]

Originally Posted by Carl Sberglager

Think it's a heavy footed motoring journo, rather than the car. We drive to enjoy the car and have averaged 36mpg in 11 months/19500 miles and have achieved up to 45mpg on long runs.

I thought the same as on the reviews you see reviewers floor the car to test it then comment on what they are getting MPG.
I will be quite happy if I get mid 40's on a run and average 36mpg overall.

[Carl Sberglager]

Originally Posted by neon

I thought the same as on the reviews you see reviewers floor the car to test it then comment on what they are getting MPG.
I will be quite happy if I get mid 40's on a run and average 36mpg overall.

I have the same engine in my V40, which I do drive like a boy racer, official mpg is 68mpg and I average 42mpg (best ever being mid 50s, on 10 miles of 50mph road works on the M62).