Volvo has announced a new twin-turbocharged diesel 2.4-liter, five-cylinder engine for the S80 sedan. With 205-horsepower and 420 Nm of torque (about 310 lb-ft.), the engine is said to be capable of about 38 mpg while meeting strict Euro 5 emissions standards. Though not expected to go on sale in North America, European Volvo buyers can expect to buy S80 D5s with the new engine later this year.
The diesel powertrain will also see duty in the upcoming, redesigned S60 sedan, as well as the workhorse V70 wagon.
The engine uses twin turbochargers, ceramic glow plugs and piezoelectric fuel injectors to help motivate the S80 and to cut down on fuel consumption. Entirely crafted from aluminum, the engine is light weight and, with transverse cooling, keeps the cylinder head and engine block more uniform in temperature than a typical diesel for improved reliability. The twin turbos are different sized, but together deliver 26 PSI pressure across the rev range.
01/07, 10:29 AM
posted by:
A4
bring it to NA!
01/07, 10:32 AM
posted by:
rzegatl
Why is deisel more expensive than gas in the US? It doesn’t make any sense. Not only because it should be simpler to produce, but mostly since it’s the fuel that moves most of our consumer goods.
It’s also taxed at a higher rate than gas. What’s the deal? It really pisses me off that this seemingly illogical price structure robs us of all of these great new engines.
01/07, 10:42 AM
posted by:
Borat
Marvelous piece of engineering, but ill timed. Ford will drop it into all of its vehicles and there will be no reason to purchase Volvo in Europe. If they could only wait for their own sale to introduce it, it could be an ace in sleeve. We will not see it on this side of the pond: gas is cheap and diesel isn’t. But would be great for their X90: 315 lbs of tongue in lightweight package.
01/07, 10:52 AM
posted by:
02WRXPSM
Diesel is expensive here because the refineries are passing along the costs of having to upgrade their facilities to produce low-sulfur diesel. Taxes are part of it, but most of it is the oil companies trying to recoup those huge costs — not that I am letting them off the hook, they should have made the upgrades decades ago.
01/07, 10:53 AM
posted by:
Need more oil for GM
Who cares. Volvo is nothing in this Country. Any news about the brand is about as important to Americans as the Weather Channel at 4 in the Morning. Why waste the bandwidth posting articles about crappy cars from Europe?
01/07, 11:29 AM
posted by:
Eurolion
@Borat
Ford doen’t use the I5 diesel over here, they have developed their own diesels with PSA input, the I5 was developed by Volvo, and it is a Volvo exclusive. Though tje 2.2l I4 codeveloped with PSA is actually a really good engine, and will be probably be brought up to ~200hp inits next twin turbo variant,.
01/07, 12:13 PM
posted by:
jonmiles
Great post, Borat- I didn’t even think of that.
01/07, 12:48 PM
posted by:
dimekoza
a-ha yeah, Volvo is nothing in your country. That’s why 90% of americans drive foreign cars. Volvo ,BMW , Mercedes, Toyota , Lexus etc. because they are “crappy” imported cars. In the meantime the american car industry colapsed, “for no particular reason”… you idiots still can’t learn how to make cars…
01/07, 7:16 PM
posted by:
tyler_is_aero_tt
Just ignore NMOFGM he’s immature.
01/07, 8:00 PM
posted by:
Gundy
YES, now we’re talkin’. Too bad it won’t be in the US, for a few years anyway. Mark my words gents, gas will be $3.00 a gallon before long. It’s $1.90 today (Jan 7) in Mpls, MN and going up fast. Speculators are going to bump it up to twice what it is today and diesel vehicles will be selling as fast as they can make ‘em. Even $40,000+ Volvos.. 38 mpg in a big, safe Volvo that’s pretty fast too? Not bad, not bad at all.
01/08, 8:15 AM
posted by:
JohnnyBlazE
Volvos are nice.
01/08, 8:49 AM
posted by:
Need more oil for GM
tyler is going to cry