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j8ear · 01-06-2004, 04:49 PM

The BMW M5...is a 400hp/ft-lb, v8 powerplant, with a six speed racing tranny, and a kidney belt requiring suspesion setup. It will pobably blow the doors off of any volvo production or race prep vehicle ever to have emerged from gottenburg.

These vehicles, the PCC stuff, both the s60r, the v70r, and this unavailable, s40 souped up factory chopper, are just volvo doing doing what it does best, and taking it up a notch. Turbo charged, 4 bangers (the old red brick engines) morhped and volvo is NOW mostly transversly mounted, inline fives or sixes, light pressure turbos, sometimes dual LPT. 4000lbs cars, safe as a shark cage, hanging with the big boys, and still getting 25mpg. Those swedes have really done phenomenal things with that internal combustion system.

Let's not compare M5's to Volvo concept/limited production cars. I want them both

Equally desirable.

The wagon is awesome. 42k...AWD, 6speed, 300hps...I was actually gonna go hunt around the local dealerships see what the scoop is on getting one?

Finally, I think that sled in the photos looks rather riced out to me. Painted calipers, chromed rotors, fleck metalic paint, cast aluminum engine components, and turbo plumbing, neon vacuum hose. That's rice where I come from

-bear

01-06-2004, 04:49 PM	#37 (permalink)
j8ear Gentlemen Farmer Location: Middle of nowhere, Jersey	The BMW M5...is a 400hp/ft-lb, v8 powerplant, with a six speed racing tranny, and a kidney belt requiring suspesion setup. It will pobably blow the doors off of any volvo production or race prep vehicle ever to have emerged from gottenburg. These vehicles, the PCC stuff, both the s60r, the v70r, and this unavailable, s40 souped up factory chopper, are just volvo doing doing what it does best, and taking it up a notch. Turbo charged, 4 bangers (the old red brick engines) morhped and volvo is NOW mostly transversly mounted, inline fives or sixes, light pressure turbos, sometimes dual LPT. 4000lbs cars, safe as a shark cage, hanging with the big boys, and still getting 25mpg. Those swedes have really done phenomenal things with that internal combustion system. Let's not compare M5's to Volvo concept/limited production cars. I want them both Equally desirable. The wagon is awesome. 42k...AWD, 6speed, 300hps...I was actually gonna go hunt around the local dealerships see what the scoop is on getting one? Finally, I think that sled in the photos looks rather riced out to me. Painted calipers, chromed rotors, fleck metalic paint, cast aluminum engine components, and turbo plumbing, neon vacuum hose. That's rice where I come from -bear __________________ It's alot easier to ask for forgiveness then it is to ask for permission.