<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by InDy:<BR><B>Eric,<P>Welcome to Swedespeed! <IMG SRC="http://www.swedespeed.com/ubb/smile.gif"><P>I have not heard anything new, the same 'ole' stuff really: 6-speed manual, 5-speed Geartronic, around $45,000, 0-60 in 5.4 seconds, 300 hp, Active-Suspension, Haldex AWD etc.<P>The S60R will be shown at Paris in September and the V70R will be shown at Tokyo in January from what I hear, with production orders starting at week-10.<P>-Drew</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>This is what people from Volvo marketing in the Netherlands told me.<BR>Price is not known at this moment.<BR>Engine is a 2.5 ltr 5 Cylinder.<BR>They also said that production for US introduction should start a little earlier to overcome the time involved to get them to the US market at the same time as the European market introduction.<BR>Separate intro for V70 and S60 was to give both a prime intro.<BR>The "early fall" stories are NOT confirmed by anyone, only the press release of the S60R somewhere in November.<BR>