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Originally Posted by advantage20
Wow didn't know the Volvo also had an inline-6 until hearing the exhaust at 6:00, sounds nice!
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Meh, last year I drove the XC70 with that turbo 3.0L I6 down the autobahn. Not nearly as powerful as 300hp and 325 ft-lb rating would suggest, not nearly as powerful at the N55 feels, and actually I thought it sounded pretty terrible at high RPM compared to BMW I6.
I don't know what the difference between the Volvo and BMW designs are. I have read that the Volvo engine is compromised in some way to get it to fit transversely, but I don't know what that really means. I just know that I wasn't accelerating as fast as I would have in the 335i I've driven back home in the US and the car was speed limited somewhere in the 130-135mph range so despite the first time in my life ever being on the autobahn, I was only able to beat my personal fastest speed by ~5mph.
