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Driving several hundred miles a week, we crossed over the 11,000-mile mark and we are happy to report, no issues or unexpected service visits. At a recent holiday party, I was asked to sum up the vehicle in one word and my immediate response was, “impressive.”
As we roll into October, it's finally time to test out our S60's heated seats. But in the past month, we've been testing a bunch of other things, too.
The 2012 Volvo S60 R-Design is one of the cheapest ways to get 325 horsepower imported from Europe. And the best all-around package Volvo has ever offered us.
We haven't let up on our 2011 Volvo S60 T6 two months in. We just passed 5000 miles on the odometer, we added 25 horsepower, and there's a set of wheels waiting to be mounted soon.
Later this year, Volvo of North America will offer the S60/XC60 R-Design's 325-horsepower software to current T6 owners. This week, we got a prototype version of the upgrade. And we ran 0-60 mph times, before and after.
We just celebrated the end of month one with our Volvo S60, an event that coincided with the car’s odometer cruising past 2500 miles. Our monthly updates begin with what we're liking a lot about the car.
We fly out to California to have a drive in the 405-horsepower Volvo C30 Polestar PCP, discovering along the way that it's not only a very good car, but a very production-ready one.
We’ve given the 2011 Volvo S60 its fair share of ink since we first drove it in Portugal in June of last year, but thus far we've only talked about the T6 AWD model. Finally, we got some seat time in a base model T5.
The Volvo XC60 T6 that’s been with us for the past year hasn’t been the sportiest, fastest, roomiest, most comfortable, or most luxurious vehicle we’ve ever spent an extended time testing, but the balance of all those qualities for the price that comes with it is why we’ll miss our little Swedish crossover so much.
In front of me, I swear, is one of the coolest looking race circuits I’ve ever seen and, what’s more, pit row is full of brand new Volvos. And not a single safety demonstration in sight!
