The Volvo XC90, Jeremy Clarkson’s choice of people mover for his family (he bought 3 in a row, the latest this month after he sold his 2nd one in October last year), now comes in diesel. Under the hood of the new diesel facelifted XC90 is an inline-5 2.4 litre turbodiesel engine producing 185 horsepower at 4,000rpm and 400Nm of torque between 2,000 to 2,750rpm, which should be adequate for moving the 7-seater around through the Geartronic transmission’s 6-speeds and all-wheel drive.
Naturally being a Volvo, there are adequate safety equipment. Three-point inertia-reel seatbelts with belt pre-tensioners and head restraints are available on all 7 seats. A feature called Roll Stability Control activates if the car risks rolling over. RSC reduces engine power, increases anti-roll bar stiffness, and automatically applies the brakes to help stablize the car. The all-wheel drive system is supplemented with Dynamic Stability and Traction Control. There are plenty of airbags all-around, with an Inflatable Curtain airbag on both sides of the car that inflates all the way from the front row until the third row.
The XC90 D5′s selling price is exactly the same as the 2.5T petrol version – RM 355,000 OTR without insurance. The vehicle’s road tax is actually cheaper than the petrol version at RM760 a year compared to the 2.5T’s RM873.60. The petrol version makes more power at 210hp, but less torque at only 320Nm. Its slower to accelerate though, taking 11.5 seconds to get to 100km/h compared to the 2.5T’s 9.9 seconds. However it makes up for that in fuel economy, rated to consume only 8.5 litres per 100km on the comnbined cycle compared to the petrol version’s 11.8 litres per 100km.
All other equipment are exactly the same except the D5 doesn’t have Dual Xenon Lights, but the 2.5T only has a 5-speed auto compared to the D5′s 6-speed unit.
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
wow.. very good fc
VOLVO is always one of the best car in the World !!!!!
****** Volvo For Life ******
p/s : may i know why many politicians in malaysia use XC90 as their escort car in-front of their car…. Even prime minister Abdullah Badawi’s escort car consist of two XC90 when he came to new JB-singapore CIQ building last year to see its progress…. I saw many of it used for same purpose durin’ last year political function in JB !!!
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January 28, 2009 @ 8:38 pm
VOLVO is always one of the best car in the World !!!!!
****** Volvo For Life ******
p/s : may i know why many politicians in malaysia use XC90 as their escort car in-front of their car…. Even prime minister Abdullah Badawi’s escort car consist of two XC90 when he came to new JB-singapore CIQ building last year to see its progress…. I saw many of it used for same purpose durin’ last year political function in JB !!!
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all volvo drivers have a ferrari as their other car
even with amazing FC, our lousy crappy diesel would jus kill the engines…BAH….
Singapore is going towards EURO 5 whilst we are still stone ages behind…
cam.shaft
our diesel boleh pakai kah???
nah, i believe our crap ass diesel will let the engine make 160hp at most.
if the euro 2 does arrive. maybe it will be better.
Its good to know that good diesel cars are coming into Malaysia. We have been waiting for this to happen for a long time. I hope to see more of this.
get a bmw 530d