Consider that the engine has 210 ft/ilb torque (the high pressure

turbo models had 220 up to 98) and I think it is going to perform

fine. We have a normally aspirated 95 wagon and use it all the

time for family trips (even though I have a 98 S70 T5). It keeps

up with traffic OK. A light pressure turbo should more then keep

up. When we do take my T5 it hardly even "feels" the extra load and

it just flattens out uphill roads. The light pressure turbo is not

really all that much less powerful then T5s so I think you should

be fine.

In the past the GLT models (basically now called the 2.4T) had the

same suspension as the T5s (but a T5 could be had with a sport

suspension). I would think the ride would be similar and any

differences might just be the tire characteristics (easily changed

if you do want the T5).

As far as experience, I drove an S60 with the 2.4T this weekend

at a Volvo promotion here in the Bay Area. It was qquite fast.

Also drove the base model and the T5. They had 3 tracks setup:

braking, handling, speed. The speed track was to see how fast

you could get through the track. They used 2.4Ts for this track.

With myself and a co-driver (instructor) I found the car had

plenty of power. I've probably never driven faster (but mostly

because of the instructor yelling "full power, full power, brake,

brake, full power, full power, abs, abs". People were thrashing

the cars all day long and they just took it (brake torque launches

and setting off the ABS on every lap). Pretty impressive.