Volvo S70
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| Manufacturer | Volvo Cars |
| Production | 1997-2000 |
| Predecessor | Volvo 850 |
| Successor | Volvo S60 |
| Class | Compact executive car / Mid-size luxury car |
| Body style | 4-door sedan |
| Similar | Lexus ES Acura TL Audi A4 Mercedes-Benz C-Class |
The Volvo S70 and V70 is a compact executive car / mid-size luxury car produced by the Swedish automaker Volvo Cars from 1997 to 2000. The S70 was the sedan and the V70 the station wagon; they both represented mainly new styling and revised suspensions from the 1993 through 1997 Volvo 850. The S70 was replaced with the Volvo S60, which is in fact a little smaller in size.
The five body styles were: Base, SE, GL, GLT and T5. The exterior has new headlamps and a reshaped hood as well as a rounder front end. The new interior included dual front and side airbags.
New electronic brake modulation helped optimize performance in normal stops. Volvo's traction-control system now included throttle as well as brake intervention. A starter interlock was added to models with a manual gearbox, while automatic transmissions gained "adaptive" shift logic. Engine immobilizer became standard. Dashboard airbags got new two-stage sensors that matched deployment force to road speed and belt use; they also automatically unlocked doors after the bags triggered.
For the 2000 model year, seat-mounted side airbags were modified to improve protection to the head and chest in case of impact. Newly standard was Volvo's WHIPS system, designed to move the front seatbacks and headrests rearward in a rear-end collision, to minimize whiplash. The potent engine in the V70 R AWD now was rated 261 hp.
The base engine was a 2.4-liter dual overhead cam straight-5 gasoline engine that produced a maximum output of 165 hp. The GLT had a turbocharged version of that engine that increased the power to 190 hp. The T5 had a more highly tuned 2.3-liter turbocharged gasoline engine with an output of 236 hp. The Base and T5 models had an optional five-speed manual transmission, the GL and GLT were available with only an automatic transmission. An option on the S70 was the TRACS traction control system that would apply the front brakes to limit wheel slippage. All models had disc brakes and anti-lock braking system. These were also among the first cars in the United States to offer side airbags, an option that has extended to nearly all models today. Four-wheel drive was offered in some versions.
In 2000, the SE trim level was made available to the S70 "base" and GLT model. Therefore four trim levels were offered, Base, Base SE, GLT, and GLT SE. Starting for the 2001 model year, the S70 was replaced by the S60, as the S80 had been introduced in 1999.
An S70-R version (which was not released in North America) was introduced later to offer higher performance, along with all-wheel drive. The engine was an extra-tuned edition of the 2319 cc unit, rated 250 hp and 350 Nm for models fitted with a five-speed manual gearbox and limited slip differential. Models fitted with a four-speed automatic gearbox rated 240 hp and 330 Nm.
[edit] Specifications
This table describes the engine specifications of the 2000 models.
| Trim | Engine | Displacement | Power output | Max torque | 0-60 mph |
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| Base | DOHC I5 | 2435 cc | 165 hp | 220 Nm (162 ft·lb) | 9.9 s |
| GLT | DOHC Turbocharged I5 | 2435 cc | 190 hp | 270 Nm (199 ft·lb) | 8.9 s |
| T5 | DOHC Turbocharged I5 | 2319 cc | 236 hp | 330 Nm( 243 ft·lb) | 6.4 s |
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