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Robert_K
11-26-2005, 05:14 PM
I was driving home last night and had a vovlo do this fly by. So I caught up and notice it was a S80 AWD. The thing that caught me off gaurd was this little "R" emblem on the trunk lid's right hand side. Is this a specail model with a larger engine or something?
Skaterkid
11-26-2005, 05:16 PM
It's probably an S60R. It has more boost and makes 300 hp instead of 218 or 240. And a 3 way adjustable suspension too.
Robert_K
11-26-2005, 05:22 PM
Thanks just did a search on Car and Driver and found the S60R. Was wondering if I could take it or not. C&D said a 1/4 in 14.8... Be a good race.
Skaterkid
11-26-2005, 06:03 PM
Those numbers were done in 100 degree heat and its pretty apparent the engine pulled a lot of timing. They're more likely to run a 14.0 as this test shows. http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=6848&page_number=4

So you'd probably lose by a car or two.
STIBungy
11-26-2005, 06:32 PM
Isnt there an older S80 model that was twin turbo'd?
Robert_K
11-26-2005, 06:44 PM
Oh well... Either way sharp car but think I could spend $40k somewhere else.
Skaterkid
11-26-2005, 07:15 PM
All S80's are twin turbo'd I6's that are mounted transversely. No R model though.
STIBungy
11-26-2005, 07:18 PM
Thought so. One of my neighbor's cousins has one and wanted to race my STI.
Robert_K
11-26-2005, 07:18 PM
All S80's are twin turbo'd I6's that are mounted transversely. No R model though. Looks like a 2.5T to me: http://www.volvocars.us/Showroom/S80/Specifications/TechnicalSpecifications/
STIBungy
11-26-2005, 07:21 PM
New ones are weaksauce. The older ones were 268hp.

http://www.edmunds.com/used/2002/volvo/s80/100003713/standard.html?tid=edmunds.u.specs.leftsidenav..5.V olvo*
Richard T
11-27-2005, 10:16 AM
Wow, the new one's are weaksause. A co-worker of mine has an S80 T6. It's not bad, but even he wonders what the hell he was thinking when he bought it. He's trading it in on a new 530i after the first of the year.

As for the S60R, I love em. Some one on this board has one and they paid no where near sticker for it. I'd look for the post, but I'm too lazy
STIBungy
11-27-2005, 10:29 AM
I like the V50, myself. It'd look really badass after it's dropped a couple inches.
bikenski
12-18-2005, 09:52 PM
Sorry for the late reply, but I don't get on here much anymore.

If it was a sedan you saw, it was an S60R. If it was a wagon, it was a V70R. They both have 300HP and 295 Lb-Ft of Torque from a 2.5L 5-cylinder with ~14 psi boost.

Up at this altitude, in cold weather, it would be tough for a stock Z to keep up... but stranger things have happened! I've driven my Dad's Z roadster at sea level and it's certainly no slouch.