2007 volvo crossover9/20/2023 ![]() Bullnuke Farago was absolutely correct.Then you don't have to wonder if you'll ever actually get anything. RHD If you want to 'win', just to to the local auto parts store and buy the stuff that you really want and need.BEPLA Cybertruck may have made some kind of weird sense had it been brought on market on time, ie: before Rivian and F150 Lightning.But the market has progressed.If this were any normal company it would be ditched for a more competitive product.But in Elon's narcissistic dreamworld - well, we'll just see how it flops.Still, someone who wants to recreate some distant memories will buy it and restore it and enjoy it, and the seller just has to find that particular individual. Now, it's very much obsolete - thirsty, slow, ponderous, noisy, rough, and dated design even in its time. (Vinfast seems to make the original Excel look like a Camry in comparison.) They would also have to be completely ignorant of the Hyundai Excel. There might actually be a few of these people, but not very many. They would have to have be completely out of touch with every form of media for the last year. RHD The only people who would buy this would be those convinced by a website that they are great, and order one sight-unseen.But any SUV that can sprint from zero to sixty in 6.9 seconds, cruise serenely, corner confidently, coddle magnificently and protect my four children (even if it's just theoretically) is always welcome to tip on in. Where does all that leave an XC90 V8 owner in the politically correct scheme of things? Hell if I know. Plus you're driving one of the safest and most luxurious SUV's on the planet, with a low-slung front bumper that lessens your chance of skewering fellow road users with your prow. ![]() So… You burn up a lot of fuel in an XC90 V8– especially if you're not prone to dawdling– but the SUV doesn't release as many ozone-killing hydrocarbons as the other guys'. The good news (and I mean it this time) is that the XC90 is one of the few V8-powered SUV that meets the government's Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle (ULEV) standards. The bad news is that the numbers are bad– especially for a brand that likes to wear its eco-friendly credentials on its artfully creased fenders. The good news is that these mileage figures are only slightly less bad than the mpg's generated by the smaller turbo-charged engines. The top-of-the-range XC90 V8 gets 17mpg in the city and 21mpg on the highway. It must be comfortable enough so that none of its occupants wants to throttle a fellow passenger (always a plus for family car buyers), tall enough to impart a sense of superiority, fast enough to exercise that authority and nimble enough not to roll over and die when you do. The newly-engined Volvo XC90 shows that the Ford subsidiary understands that the ideal 'soft roader' is nothing more than a luxury car on stilts. Even the Russian judges give it a perfect ten. With a 311hp powerplant mated to a six-speed slushbox, the formerly slothful Swede glides off the line with all the grace and strength of an Olympic figure skater starting her routine. A surprisingly large number of SUV's tip in like they're racing for pinks. ![]() It's those initial few seconds of acceleration, when a vehicle's engine tries to convince the stationary mass surrounding it that it's time to hit the road, Jack. Porsche salesman Kirk Stingle calls it 'tip in'. ![]()
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