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What give Volvo the 'Edge' these days?

posted by  someone claiming to be bill d cat on  Wed Dec 4 07:58 CST 2002 [RELATED]

Dunno. In the Real World, and compared with cars in the same weight and or price class, Volvo's record doesn't look too shabby to me.

http://www.carsafety.org/vehicle_ratings/ictl/ictl_wagon.htm

http://www.carsafety.org/vehicle_ratings/ictl/ictl_4dr.htm

I'd like it if they screwed the cars together better, too. But as the thread on the Big Benz over in "Opinions" points out, Mercedes-Benz's engineers can do an even better job of burying their evaporators, and they leak just like Volvo's.

BTW, the "stylized" FWD Volvos have a significantly better safety record than the old RWD Bricks according to the IIHS charts.

I expect they'll sell a few boatloads of XC90s, even though none of them will be to me. So I doubt they need your or my marketing expertise!

Dunno how many I-5s are gonna make it to 500,000 miles, even on synthetic...

-bill d cat






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