Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 19:55:35 -0500 From: "Russell D. Ollie, Sr." <russell.ollienopsams.com> Subject: Re: SAAB 9-5 or Charysler 300M ?
Aha, well that explains it. The cars sent to the US don't have the same specs as the Euro versions. I'm not sure if it's because of our odd emissions standards or deliberate tweaking for the US market but the specs are definitely different. For example the S80 T6 that ships here has a different power curve and a peak horsepower of 268 horses while the version in Europe peaks at 272 horses from what I've read. I've seen other discrepancies over the past few years between the different markets. Here in the U.S., Car and Driver and Road & Track magazines have both tested the S70 GLT and place its 0 -60 time at 6.8 and 6.7 seconds respectively. -rdo russell.ollienopsamnet Andreas van der Wal <andreasnopsamnt.want.spam.cost.se> wrote in message news:36CBEEB9.5B8B8B1Enopsamnt.want.spam.cost.se... > > >"Russell D. Ollie, Sr." wrote: > >> I don't know where you live but your info on the Volvo S70 GLT is very >> wrong. First notice that the original poster referenced the low boost GLT. > >I live in Sweden, the origin of both these cars and here there are a few >modells of the S70 as follows. > >2.0 126 hp >2.5 144 hp >GLT 170 hp >2.5T 193 hp >T5 240 hp >2.5D 140 hp >Bi-fuel 144 hp > >> >> This is the low pressure turbo and it produces 190 hp. Road & Track >> magazine list it's 0-60 time as 6.7 seconds. > >The 193 hp 2.5T make 0-100 (km/h) in 7.8 according to Volvo and the T5 with 240 >hp makes it in 7.0, also according to Volvo, so I wonder where 6.7 comes from. > >> This is much faster than the >> 9-5 numbers you posted. I believe the 170hp and 9.3 second numbers you >> posted were for the base S70. They are definitely not for the GLT which >> anybody who has driven one can tell you. > >I have driven both the GLT (170hp) and 2.5T (193) and both are fine but not >near 6.7 seconds. > >> >> >> -rdo >> russell.ollienopsamnet >> >
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