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Jag V8 to go into new V90 (and XC90, and...)

posted by  davidm on  Fri Aug 30 10:54 CST 2002
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Read this at autoweek.com, dated 8/30

"Volvo to reveal its first V8-powered wagon at January’s Detroit auto show
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"Volvo will reveal its first V8-powered wagon, likely to be called V90, in concept form at January’s Detroit auto show. Given Volvo’s recent record of putting concepts into production—the new XC90 off-roader was thinly disguised as the ACC concept, for instance—the go-ahead for the V90 is likely. An early 2005 on-sale date is penciled into Volvo’s product plans.

"Jaguar’s 4.0-liter V8 engine is the likely powerplant of choice. Volvo engineers evaluated the 4.6-liter Lincoln Town Car engine and other Ford V8s, but all were ruled out as insufficiently refined and too bulky to fit under the V90’s hood.

"Engineers have solved a major hurdle in shoehorning the Volvo-tweaked Jag V8 across the engine bay for Volvo’s transverse/front-drive installation, opening the door for V8-engined XC90s and S80s in the future"
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David (98 S70 T5SE Black, misc mods (mostly lighting), red calipers) (92 940GLE)






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