Good fun!

Fellow Volvo enthusiasts,

Having all the power of the T8, and better still, access to gobs of torque on demand, is a fantastic luxury. Problem is, I rarely get a chance to actually use it, apart from the occasional overtake maneuver. So having paid plenty of $s for untapped performance, I politely asked my wife if I could borrow her SUV for a few hours.

Here's what I got up to:

One of my very first posts to YouTube, so please be nice! If you guys like it, who knows, I might be encouraged to make a few more videos....

 

Super cool! Really enjoyed your video, great work and fun!

 

Oh yeh! You are lucky to get to run on racing tracks. Maybe you can get Polestar tune in July and try again.
And I am getting a XC60 T8.

About the weight it is 5059lbs, not 6000lbs.

 

Enjoyed the video. Great against the mustang and you even had the corvette until halfway. It looks to be osmium grey too!


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Enjoyed the video. Great against the mustang and you even had the corvette until halfway. It looks to be osmium grey too!

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Yep - I think Osmium Grey buys you about 1/2 second on the drag strip .... not as fast as red though. Red is always faster!

 

Casso that's true as long as it's fire red. Perhaps darcys passion red may do the stang!


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Thanks for the correction on the weight. I think I confused it because it is rated as a 6,000lb vehicle regarding tax allowances for a business. I'm not sure of the details, but anything 6,000 lbs or over is considered to be a commercial and this is somehow a tax advantage ... I'm vague on the details, but I'm sure there is someone else on the forum who can elaborate.

Polestar treatment would be nice ..... but problem is I'd never get to use it. Unless I went to the track again of course....

 

OMG That's brilliant. Thanks for the video!

 

Thanks - I plan on doing a few more similar videos.

 

Fellow Volvo enthusiasts,

Having all the power of the T8, and better still, access to gobs of torque on demand, is a fantastic luxury. Problem is, I rarely get a chance to actually use it, apart from the occasional overtake maneuver. So having paid plenty of $s for untapped performance, I politely asked my wife if I could borrow her SUV for a few hours.

Here's what I got up to:

One of my very first posts to YouTube, so please be nice! If you guys like it, who knows, I might be encouraged to make a few more videos....

SO funny. I got that rush on the Autobahn...Turned heads of the German car owners

 

Ha...child seat in the back! Good job!

 

Yeah. I jettisoned the kids as they were unnecessary ballast.

 

Nice!

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Awesome, nice work!

 

What were your 1/4 mile times?

 

Unfortunately the track was only 1/8 mile and my fastest time was 9.1 seconds. To be honest, the shorter track worked better for the T8 than a 1/4 would have. The primary reason is the electric motor stops assisting after about 75 or 80mph. Secondly, there is only so much power that can be wrung out of a 2.0 litre engine, so the bigger capacity cars (V8s etc) have much better high end power and torque. Over a 1/4 mile they'd have eaten the T8 easily. However, the AWD and instant torque from the electric motor was perfect to launch the thing and maintain the chance of winning over the shorter 1/8 mile.

I didn't video all the runs, but did beat a new V8 Mustang head to head .... but the T8 made it easy for me, just floor it on green, no other skill required!

 

casso,
Very entertaining video. You have a knack for keeping stuff interesting. Make more.

The T8 twin engine concept is a unique differentiator for Volvo Cars in the luxury SUV market. But Volvo NA isn't exploiting that enough in their marketing. They should run your video as their commercial. It would help them attract the younger soccer mom/dad demographics to the XC90 T8. It is so much more relatable than the stuffy, pretentious poet commercial they run.

Actually, it will be fun to see a commercial by the user "XC90Excellence" drag racing while the passenger is sipping wine and watching TV

 

I have a local track here.

I'm just waiting for the Polestar tune to come out for the T8 and then it's definitely going to the track to shoot a video exactly as you mentioned.

 

Great fun watching the video😀

I don't know if this really is a valid concern but you must've depleted the batteries towards the end hence losing power،no?

 

No - this wasn't an issue at all. I drove the T8 to the track with full batteries and kept the car in 'Save' mode (or whatever that mode is called). I only used the batteries on each run (about 10 or so) and neer got below 1/4 charge. At worst, I could have simply parked the car and used the engine to replenish the batteries. To be honest, I also was surprised they never got used up....

 

Great video, loved it! Thanks for sharing

 

Great video, loved it! Thanks for sharing

Haha ... what a hoot! Thanks! What must those rice rockets be thinking ... I just got beat by an soccer mom SUV ??!!

That's what I love about the XC90. X5s, Macans etc are all 'shouty' and attention seeking. Very few know what the T8 is and get shocked when it blows away 'faster' cars. It's a real sleeper.

 

Great video! Liked, and subscribed

 

Excellent - I'm planning on getting another one done soon.

 

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

 

Good stuff... Honesty is clearly your strong suit... Well done!


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That was bonkers! Thank you for making the video and sharing it! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

 

Awesome. Can you share your time slips?


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Awesome. Can you share your time slips?

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I'll see if I can dig them out .... buried under paperwork somewhere in my office.

If I can't find, I'll just have to race again. A buddy had a Model P100D. I want him to come race and bury Thebes's fully race prepped cars...

 

Awesome. Now get Polestar :thumbup:

 

Thank you, awesome video. Looks like a Polestar XC60 T8 would be very competitive there.

 

A Polestar XC60 would destroy pretty much anything (within reason) over 1/8mile. Please let me know if any of you race one ... I want to see that!

 

Love the vid! Thanks!


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Haha ... what a hoot! Thanks! What must those rice rockets be thinking ... I just got beat by an soccer mom SUV ??!!

 

Super!

You should add Polestar to your car!!