Consumer reports has the '02 V70 on it's latest "used cars to avoid" list but not the '01 -- statistical noise or is the first year of a series more reliable than the second year? I don't know. They recommend the V70 as a new car.

I think it's naturally aspirated and based on the naturally aspirated service loaners I drove back when I still used the Volvo dealer, the horsepower is more than a snail but not much more.

The ergonomics are generally better than my '98 V70 and the 850, but I've also been annoyed because the P-2 lacks many of the dashboard cubbyholes of the 850 and generation-1 V70.


-BTC

'98 V70 T5 5-speed, 166k mi, front IPD stabilizer bar, rear factory HD bar, Bilstein HD, Volvo strut tower brace and skidplate, e-codes, V-1, Mobil-1 since new (grocery getter & winter beater)

'05 Mac Power Book G4 (daily commuter)

"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair." -- Douglas Adams (1952-2001)