On a seprate note, did you ever drive one of the T5/T6/T8 badged Volvos (or V40 T5). Would you say it's more 'oomph' than your
Cupra 280 (assuming u still have it)?
I've been with volvo for 10 years now... the new T5 realistically is pants, along with the new T6 ( 4 pot 2 litre units ) they have decent power, but volvo don't have a DSG or anything close and they don't have a LSD, also can not get anywhere near the fuel economy of the
cupra....
The T8 on the other hand with the electric motor, which I have driven mainly in the xc90 is rather quick and can get good fuel economy used correctly, but would not keep up with the
cupra at all once moving.. yes off the line it has 4wd and can produce a good 0-60 time, but it's got at least a ton of weight over the
cupra... I'm gonna say, I'm quite anti volvo despite working there for 10 years, the cars they make are lovely, but they are not drivers cars... I regularly collect my customers cars, but as soon as I leave my
cupra on there drive and drive off in the volvo, I miss my
cupra almost instantly.
Great interiors on the new volvo's though. In my opinion make the later German cars lo9k pants