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V-10 Volvo Engine:[ALL/1998] posted by Henry T. Mui on
Saturday, 22 November 1997, at 2:07 a.m.
About a year ago Volvo got Cosworth (U.K.) to design a V-10 for the in hopes of entering the more upsacale luxury sedan market. The engine was a twin cam 4.3 -liter powerplant that produced an impressive 325 hoursepoer-equilent to the BMW 750il's 5.4-liter V-12. But, news had the project killed because there were only 2 prototypes made. The first one blew up and the second one was ran until
it was history. Another bit of news is that Volvo plans to work with Porsche
for a new six-cylinder engine that is twin-turbocharged with 300-horsepower.This is an upgrade for the Volvo 960 for the year 1999 (U.S.lineup)
....... WoW! With that typ of power under the hood of my Grandfather's Volvo
I bet you he'll be getting a lot more speeding tickets from the New York Thruway Patrol. By the way my Grandfather does drive a Volvo and he loves to speed!
Re: V-10 Volvo Engine:[ALL/1998] posted by Henrik on
Saturday, 22 November 1997, at 9:37 a.m.
Are you SURE that the v-10 engine project is dead,because i think i have seen othervise.Been told that it was testing on the road,is that true?
Re: V-10 Volvo Engine:[ALL/1998] posted by Topi on
Saturday, 22 November 1997, at 11:42 a.m.
TwinTurbo 960 is nothing new. It was sold in Germany few years ago. (Still is?) Svein from Norway sent me a picture of it. It's an impressive engine, looks good, too ! It was not suitable for "politically correct" Swedes, though....Speed hungry Germans got the pleasure.
Volvo V10 rumours are around F1 engine, too. TWR Arrows/Tom Walkinshaw is trying to get Volvo to pay Brian Hart F1 engine and to put "Volvo" on the valve covers. I don't see how typical Volvo driver could relate to F1. They should develop a "Volvo Miata", a fun, inexpensive RWD sportscar for young generation. I'm not young but I'd buy it, too!
Re: V-10 Volvo Engine:[ALL/1998] posted by sj sherman on
Wednesday, 26 November 1997, at 4:37 p.m.
Autoweek magazine has spy photos of the new flagship twin turbo in this weeks issue (auto art on cover) The V-10 cosworth is dead due to reliability problems.
Re: V-10 Volvo Engine:[ALL/1998] posted by Henry T. Mui on
Saturday, 22 November 1997, at 6:36 p.m.
I was informed by Dan Jonston from Volvo Cars of North America. They may have restarted the project again. Sometimes it's very hard to get a straight answer from R & D at Volvo. Secondly, I was not aware that Volvo had the twin-turbocharged engines in Germany. All they inform me was that the newer Volvo platform P-23 is due to debut in 1998-99. The twin-turbo six cylinder was due for U.S. release in '99 to replace the 960 series for North America.