Have you tried this in Power mode? Granted, I'm driving a T8, but mashing the accelerator in Power mode on a T8 is pretty immediate, and quite impressive.

 

the delay MAY be due to low RPM when flooring the gas pedal .. takes the transmission a moment to downshift... you can get rid of the delay by downshifting to raise the RPM before flooring the gas pedal ... Our second car is a 2014 Corvette Stingray with an automatic transmission and I learned early on to downshift before passing.

 

Pretty sure what you are feeling is turbo lag. Most turbo charged engines have it as it takes a sec to get all the air it needs into the engine. The Volvo relies on the turbo for a lot of it's hp so not very surprising.

 

As I understand it the supercharger handles things in the low end and hands it off to the turbo once it builds enough boost, engine wise you should have enough get up and go from a full stop. I'm guessing maybe the transmission not shifting fast enough.?

 

I have found most cars have a delay if you immediately floor the pedal, including the Volvo but also most of my previous ones. The Volvo more so. But I get much better results if I don't completely floor it but apply some initial acceleration then floor it after it initially responds.

 

That has been the case with ALL Volvo turbocharged cars. One should never mash the gas pedal down; 1/2 down and a half second later you can floor it. Almost like when an airliner takes off; pilots never load up the throttle right away.

 

Well I am driving a 96 turbo that is tuned. But there is an decent improvement in lag reduction if I allow the engine to warm/idle for about 60 seconds prior to driving.

 

Try driving the car in Dynamic mode and you will feel considerably less lag on the throttle response.

 

Polestar upgrade will fix that if there are not more serous issues with your car.

 

Polestar upgrade does not fix this. There will still be a delay when you slam the gas pedal in comfort mode. I havent tried switching to dynamic to see if there was a delay with polestar upgrade

 

you guys forget, that there is a blower on here as well and and it gets decoupled.

i don't feel zero power loss, but you can feel the power transfer when you floor it.

this is how i've felt this is done.

1. Floor Pedal - Supercharger surges - but it hits its max IFU which shoved a ton of air for the turbo to kick in. however, in the same process, the supecharger needs to decouple - THEN turbo kicks in, then power.


these cars are horrible off the line (but that's not why you bought them.) But on my 4 hour drive, I will say, the volvo's chassis and body dynamics make it very stable to drive at 85-95MPH for long stints (in my case nearly 90 minutes - on mountain roads)

 

these cars are horrible off the line (but that's not why you bought them.)

You really ought to qualify that statement as there's nothing "horrible" about the XC90 acceleration.
It's not a Ferrari, but it's most certainly not slow or cumbersome from a stop. I don't drive it even remotely hard, but I'm usually out front off the line compared to normal sedan/suv.

 

When I made a test drive with the first XC90, a car came from the right at a crossing. I slowed down
and then saw that the other stopped. So I decided to drive on, but the first moment nothing happened.
The engine revved but the car didn't accelerate, instead it "hesitated". That is what I really don't want,
it is the reason I didn't spend a few thousand dollars (in fact it were Euros ) for the automatic transmission.
If this behavior is still the same in the current Volvo automatics, I may have to look elsewhere.
Since I like Volvo's, I hope I won't have to do that
Willy

 

This is normal and should be expected for cars with an automatic transmission with torque converter.

It's the electronic and mechanical time taken to prepare for the WOT input from the engine.

 

If you are looking for off the line performance in a 7 passenger vehicle , the Model X is for you ..gullwings and all.

 

If you want a hideous vehicle the Model X is for you.

I've seen two in the past week. Both times I thought I would never be caught dead in one.

 

If you want a hideous vehicle the Model X is for you.

I've seen two in the past week. Both times I thought I would never be caught dead in one.

That's unfair. They are totally different in idea. And honestly from the front and rear the model X looks pretty cool. But it's being inside that's the best.

I unfortunately have been a victim of the double vision windshield issue and am pretty turned off by it. But ludicrous mode in an engorged tick the size of the model X is pretty awesome

 

Engorged tick. That's exactly what it looks like. Thank you for that.

 

agree to disagree that some people may find that cool LOL

#differentstrokesfordifferentfolks

 

For me, I like the Model S design and have ordered a Model 3...I think Tesla is cutting edge in many ways...

 

Model S 85D 518HP 485lb-ft 0-60 4.2sec 155 top speed (Sport Sedan)
XC90 T8 PHEV 400HP 472lb-ft 0-60 5.9sec 130 top speed (7-seat SUV)

Both have plenty of torque to set you back in your seat!