08-11-2013, 01:41 PM
You can pick up a P2 V70R for like 6k these days, that's a helluva lot of car for your money...
You can get an earlier P1 V70R for not very much, reviews slated them for being quite dull, but in reality they're pretty OK, much more reliable than the P2 with the Haldex centre diff which regularly goes wrong.
The S40/V40 which had the T4 engine is based upon a Mitsubishi Carisma and the name Carisma is frankly an Oxymoron. They aren't charismatic in the slightest. However, can be made to handle OK with a few mods... The T4 is just a T5 with a cylinder lopped off making a 1.9 turbo-4... Tune amazingly well, but are slow revving and a bit cumbersome as standard, they do take fettling to make them respond like an engine should.
The 850 and earlier V70s which had the older Motronic engines without VVT are incredibly reliable - horrific on fuel, but have more character IMO, the ME7 engines (you can tell the ME7s from the curvy cambelt and spark covers)...
The 850s in FWD trim are really just point and squirt cars unless you spend some serious money on them... They aren't about going fast round corners, they are a sea of understeer and roasting tyres... The AWD ones are better - the P2 V70R being the best of the bunch...
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ME7 ^^
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^^ Motronic engine
You can get an earlier P1 V70R for not very much, reviews slated them for being quite dull, but in reality they're pretty OK, much more reliable than the P2 with the Haldex centre diff which regularly goes wrong.
The S40/V40 which had the T4 engine is based upon a Mitsubishi Carisma and the name Carisma is frankly an Oxymoron. They aren't charismatic in the slightest. However, can be made to handle OK with a few mods... The T4 is just a T5 with a cylinder lopped off making a 1.9 turbo-4... Tune amazingly well, but are slow revving and a bit cumbersome as standard, they do take fettling to make them respond like an engine should.
The 850 and earlier V70s which had the older Motronic engines without VVT are incredibly reliable - horrific on fuel, but have more character IMO, the ME7 engines (you can tell the ME7s from the curvy cambelt and spark covers)...
The 850s in FWD trim are really just point and squirt cars unless you spend some serious money on them... They aren't about going fast round corners, they are a sea of understeer and roasting tyres... The AWD ones are better - the P2 V70R being the best of the bunch...
ME7 ^^
^^ Motronic engine
