Sportsmanship across the board - Diário do Grande ABC

While Volvo is not going to follow the lines of the Concept Coupé – Model shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show last month, and that will dictate the new brand guidelines in the coming years – the consumer needs to settle, even with the (slight) renovations.

That’s it. In line 2014, Volvo Cars Brazil presented no new model. The choice was a little more spice line R-Design. S60, V60 and XC60 won, plus a small facelift, a wider range of equipment. Start from R $ 154,950, R $ 159,950 and R $ 189,950, respectively.

Let’s start talking about aesthetics, which highlights the headlights a bit more square. In the case of the sedan and station wagon (only available in the configuration sports in the country), the wheels left the rim 18 and have gained impressive 19 inches.

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footprint sports shunt R-Design stays, ranging from the different bumpers with air diffuser in the back part and dual exhaust (chrome) to components such as springs and dampers specific, which reduce the time the ground in 15 mm, compared to conventional models.

And now we begin to brush the mechanics, let us further. In versions T5 R-Design Figure 2.0 engine turbo four-cylinder direct injection of fuel (gasoline), capable of generating up to 240 hp. The transmission is automated dual-clutch six-speed, with the option of manual exchanges.

Already

variants T6 AWD (all wheel drive) 3.0 turbo charge the engine – six-cylinder – with direct injection and 304 hp. The transmission is six-speed automatic and now with the option of sequential changes in Butterflies behind the wheel. With this engine, the XC60 (best selling model of the brand, with about two thirds of the mix of 3,000 units) takes 6.9 seconds to reach 100 km / h – previous version was four tenths slower.

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LUXURY UNIQUE

Despite

played sports, cars from Volvo R-Design does not abandon the refinement. Inside, care for the proposal is revealed through details like the new seats with side wings, unique steering wheel, aluminum pedals and customizable dashboard.

But the real news here is the Sensus Connected Touch, a multimedia device that allows, through access to the internet, information about real-time traffic, plan routes to avoid congestion, access e-mail and select one of 80 thousand online radio by voice command. Sold as an accessory (R $ 7190), all this entertainment meets a seven-inch screen in the center panel.

And as would be expected, security is one of the highlights when it comes to Volvo. In addition to the detection of pedestrians, the technology now also recognizes cyclists in order to avoid accidents. Another breakthrough technology is the adaptive xenon headlight, which does not obscure who is ahead or drivers coming in the opposite direction of the road.

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V40

premium hatchback V40 can now also come in sports attire. Still keeping the Dynamic version (R $ 122,950), the vehicle is available with the R-Design package for U.S. $ 138,950. And the Gazette ran the configuration 2.0 turbo five-cylinder in-line on the track. According to the Swedish brand (but the cars come from the factory in Belgium …), the block received technical improvements, which increased power by 30 hp configuration athlete. With this, the T5 engine yields 210 horsepower at 6,000 rpm compared to the 180 hp at 5,000 revolutions of the Dynamic version T4. The torque is 30.6 lb-ft available between 2,700 and 5,000 rpm. To go from 0 to 100 km / h it takes just 6.9 seconds.

Good

curves (also thanks to the low center of gravity), the V40 R-Design proved quite aggressive on the track. But control is full! Merit of the alphabet soup that takes care of the security (the most basic of which is translated by the ABS brake) to the electric power steering with three adjustment options.

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