Anyone spotted a V60 yet ??

[ilovevolvo]

As above a customer of ours spotted a black one and thought it looked very smart

[T4RRR]

ilovevolvo said:

As above a customer of ours spotted a black one and thought it looked very smart

Yep, they've been out for over a month now. I have driven this very one and I must say its pretty good!

Edited by T4RRR on Friday 19th November 22:03

[mondayo]

I've only seen one in the dealership....looked good, but probably you should be looking for a V70 if you want a load lugger

[SillyALFALove]

V50 replacement or between that and the 70?

Almost doesn't seem boxy enough to be a Volvo V.. quite pleasant though.

[Spoof]

That at MRG?


-edit- Sorry, missed who'd posted that, must be MRG

Edited by Spoof on Saturday 20th November 12:19

[T4RRR]

Spoof said:

That at MRG?


-edit- Sorry, missed who'd posted that, must be MRG

Edited by Spoof on Saturday 20th November 12:19

Lol! Yes, that is the one currently at MRG Volvo in Chippenham. Its a very good drive but I'd agree that its not a true "estate", you really need a V70 for load lugging but the V60 would probably suffice for quite a few people as its a nice size; I anticipate the V50 will "disappear" after a while and the V60 will replace it in Volvo's medium size range.

[SillyALFALove]

Edited to remove the post my phone made in my pocket.

Edited by SillyALFALove on Saturday 20th November 16:15

[F i F]

In answer to OP's title question, yes one currently sitting on our drive, done a fair few miles around and about in that and an S60, both specced up to eyeballs. I lost count at 8k of factory options, will have to sit down with them and a calculator to work out just how much. Part of an S60 / V60 evaluation for the fleet. Will be reporting soon.

Not wishing to give a spoiler alert, but it was expected that it would correct some issues we have with the S40/V50 and I was really really hoping to love this car.

:shrug:

[mondayo]

SillyALFALove said:

V50 replacement or between that and the 70?

Almost doesn't seem boxy enough to be a Volvo V.. quite pleasant though.

According to my friendly dealer. The current V70 is based on the floorplan of the S80 and so is bigger than the V60, which is based on the S60 floorplan. Then obviously the V50/S40 are smaller again.

[F i F]

mondayo said:

SillyALFALove said:

V50 replacement or between that and the 70?

Almost doesn't seem boxy enough to be a Volvo V.. quite pleasant though.

According to my friendly dealer. The current V70 is based on the floorplan of the S80 and so is bigger than the V60, which is based on the S60 floorplan. Then obviously the V50/S40 are smaller again.

The problem we have found with both of them is that the kit we can fit into the old S60 just will not fit into the new S60.

Similarly the kit which fits, albeit cosily admittedly, into the V50 will only just squeeze into V60 if you get everything very precise and no margin for doing it in a rush.

In theory it should go easily but in practice doesn't. Trying to figure out why and come up with a potential solution, but there are other issues with the car that the typical test drive doesn't uncover in a quick blast round the block. Equally there are some positive aspects that become apparent with a longer exposure.

One possible outcome, yet to be decided, is that Volvo may be dumped from the fleet, which says rather a lot about the disappointment felt with this car I think.

[mondayo]

F i F said:

mondayo said:

SillyALFALove said:

V50 replacement or between that and the 70?

Almost doesn't seem boxy enough to be a Volvo V.. quite pleasant though.

According to my friendly dealer. The current V70 is based on the floorplan of the S80 and so is bigger than the V60, which is based on the S60 floorplan. Then obviously the V50/S40 are smaller again.

The problem we have found with both of them is that the kit we can fit into the old S60 just will not fit into the new S60.

Similarly the kit which fits, albeit cosily admittedly, into the V50 will only just squeeze into V60 if you get everything very precise and no margin for doing it in a rush.

In theory it should go easily but in practice doesn't. Trying to figure out why and come up with a potential solution, but there are other issues with the car that the typical test drive doesn't uncover in a quick blast round the block. Equally there are some positive aspects that become apparent with a longer exposure.

One possible outcome, yet to be decided, is that Volvo may be dumped from the fleet, which says rather a lot about the disappointment felt with this car I think.

So you're struggling to fit what would fit into into a V50 into a V60? As you say, when I glanced in the boot, the V60 looked a fair bit bigger....however I think the tailgate sloped more steeply (or should that be less?).

What other issues have you found after longer test drives?

[F i F]

Mondayo see Page 3 of this thread

[mondayo]

F i F said:

Mondayo see Page 3 of this thread

just found it....good review as always. ta

[jimbobsimmonds]

yea, see a few in Aylesford (near Lipscomb dealership so...), good looking beast...