[funkmaster42]

If Volvo wants to create its image of performance autos, which it seems to be doing with the T5 models etc, they're going to have to have some professional drivers test their cars right out of the factory. On their website they should list, along with the engine specs of each car, its performance numbers. Audi, BMW, MB.. they all do it. In any case, I've read that the 2.4T and T5 have relatively the same 0-60 seconds, like .3 difference or something but that doesnt seem right considering the 50 more hp and 40 something more torque. When 0-60 numbers need to be so accurate and precise, which they do for enthusiats, the slightest variability in condition can offset its true times... Anyways, the T5 is a fast car no matter what other people say. 5.7 seconds? That seems a little fast for a car of that size... but is very possible on the right day!

 

[funkmaster42]

And... as I forgot to mention, the 250hp S4 weighs about 400lbs more than the S60 and they have about the same drag coefficiant and about the same power. If the S4 takes 0-60 in manual at 5.9 seconds (so www.audiusa.com says) and is AWD (which slows it down) you could easily see how a S60 T5 rolls 0-60 in 5.9 or even less in manual. 400lbs less and FWD! I could see S60 T5 doing 0-60 in 5.7 in the right conditions. volvos rock