This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front positioned engine that delivers power to the front wheels.
Its 5 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 2.5 litres. For this model it musters power and torque figures of 207 bhp (210 PS/154 kW) at 5000 rpm and 320 Nm (236 lbft/32.6 kgm) at 1500-4500 rpm respectively.
Power is transferred to the wheels via a 5 speed manual gearbox.
Claimed weight at the kerb is 1553 kg.
Top quoted speed is 235 km/h (146 mph), officially quoted fuel consumption figures are 12.9/6.9/9.1 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 217.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2715 mm | 106.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1561 mm | 61.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1542 mm | 60.7 inches | |
| Length | 4603 mm | 181.2 inches | |
| Width | 1813 mm | 71.4 inches | |
| Height | 1428 mm | 56.2 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.7 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1553 kg | 3424 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 70 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.28 | ||
| Frontal area | 2.19 m² | ||
| CdA | 0.61 | ||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Volvo | ||
| Engine code | B5254T2 | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 5 | ||
| Capacity | 2.5 litre 2521 cc (153.841 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 83 × 93.2 mm
3.27 × 3.67 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.89 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 20 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 210 PS (207 bhp) (154 kW) at 5000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 320 Nm (236 ft·lb) (32.6 kgm) at 1500-4500 rpm |
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| Specific output | 61.2 kW/litre 83.3 ps/litre 82.1 bhp/litre 1.35 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
126.93 Nm/litre
1.53 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | aluminium block & head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1595.1 kPa (231.3 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 504.2 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 7 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 235 km/h (146 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 135.14 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 PS/kg 99.39 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 kW/kg 133.29 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 10.06 kg/kW 16.81 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 12.9/6.9/9.1 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 12.9/6.9/9.1 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 7.8/14.5/11.0 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 21.9/40.9/31.0 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 18.2/34.1/25.8 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 217.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | K | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS.W.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.MultiLi.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 6½J x 16 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6½J x 16 | ||
| Tyres front | 205/55 R 16 | ||
| Tyres rear | 205/55 R 16 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.7 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.77 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 187121 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 21.4 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2008 Volvo S60 2.5T added 2008-08-30. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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