Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 20:11:48 +0100 From: Radek =?iso-8859-2?Q?Hul=E1n?= <totalnopsamnet.cz> Subject: Re: Saab 9-5 V Volvo S80
Johan LAUWERS wrote: > I hope Radek reads this. > > Johan. > > >Is that for real? 7.2 seconds to 60 mph? Doesn't the T6 > >have like 270hp? My '89 SHO is .7 seconds faster to sixty 272 hp > > >with a piddly 220hp! Welp, not only is the S80 ugly (what > >happened to the front end???) but it's slow too. 270hp > >should get you to sixty a hell of a lot faster. > > > >-Justin Yes, I do :-). Well, yes, 0-60 times of S80 T6 are 7.2 seconds. This is about 1 second worse than for S70R. However, after this the acceleration is much better. Times for acceleration from 150 to 210 km/h and even from 200 km/h to 250 km/h are better for S80 than for S70R. The reason for worse 0-60 times is surely power/weight ratio. S80 T6 can weight more than 2000 kgs and that's a lot of weight to get moving. It is still a pretty fast car, especially on highway, although not fastest for town driving (doesn't matter that much to me with 50 km/h town speed limit). Radek
