[s-cars] Off topic - New Volvo S60 ?

[Taka Mizutani]

Looks like they discontinued the 3.2, you're right, I guess it's a reaction
to all of the mileage improvement programs that everyone else is doing.

S4 starts at $46,600 + dest., pretty cheap for a lot of car.

The lease special for the Volvo was and excellent deal, but I'd go with the
S4 if you're going to buy a car in that price range.

If you can find a low equipment S4, that would be the way to go for a buy-
the Haldex AWD systems in the Volvo are truly terrible. I hate the system in
my V70R, hate it more every time we get a lot of snow. No matter the
reaction time, a system that goes from 100F to some other torque split
really changes how the car feels under power, which I don't like. The
quattros I've driven never do this, although I have not driven any iteration
of the latest 40F/60R setup.

I wish they made an S4 Avant- I'd look for a B8 S4 Avant as a lease return
preowned, that would be a great car for reasonable money.

Taka


On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Steve Marinello <smarinello at entouch.net>wrote:

>  I heard it from someone and went to audiusa.com and only see 2.0t's.
> Maybe we will see a lower power 3.0t soon.
>
> Base on an S4 is $47k+.
>
> Steve
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> On 1/3/2011 9:18 PM, Taka Mizutani wrote:
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> Not totally- they're close in size and the S60 T6 is the only model
> currently available.
>
> Considering that the A4 is a mid $40k car decently equipped, I don't see
> the disparity.
>
> You can get an S4 for under $50k?
>
> Are you sure you can't get a 6? I've seen B8 3.2s, unless they discontinued
> them.
>
> Taka
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> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Steve Marinello <smarinello at entouch.net>wrote:
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>> An S60 vs. an A4?  Isn't that a mismatch off the bat at this point? It's
>> their performance model, but I guess I'd expect them to avoid the S4,
>> although it can be had for under $50k.  The A4 doesn't even have a 6, at
>> the moment.
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