Anthony wrote:

>The US X40 is setup to be a family carrying grocery getting car, >nothing more nothing less. No T4's, No options, just silly packages >like sport package? They should of called it appearance package! >Leather steering wheel, Rear Spoiler, Fog Lights. What's that? Make >my car heavier & slower package. Sport package should be, HPT >Turbo, bigger rims & tires, better sway bars. Something along that >line.

That's just American Culture. Not Volvo's fault. As mentioned earlier. When I was living in the US in 2000 I had a hard time finding a Subaru Impressa Turbo (stick) and a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII (stick). Sticks in general. :-(

> But day one of the chip I would say, 220hp 260tq easy! Felt

> like driving my father in-laws P Boxter S 6-speed :) OOyea now

> that's a car!

Of course! A German Car!!! But beware if it were a regular Boxter (non-S). A Volvo T4 leaves it eating dust! True, I benchmarked it on 1/4 mile. The T4 scored 13,7 seconds and the Boxter 13,9. BTW the E34 ///M5 (340hp) does it in 13,5 seconds. You should have seen my buddies face when he saw a 4 door 1,9l SEDAN beating his "sports" convertible...After that we called his Porsche: "toy Porsche". :-))

Regards,

///Martinez