Volvo Revives The Wagon With Three Different Powertrains

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by TTAC Staff

Starting in January of 2014, consumers will be able to buy a real wagon again from Volvo. The brand will re-introduce the V60 “sports wagon”, with a lineup of 4, 5 and 6-cylinder turbocharged engines, with the 4-cylinder motors eventually filtering down to the rest of the lineup.

At launch, Volvo’s current family of turbocharged inline-5 and inline-6 engines will be offered, but the V60 will be the first to get the new family of 4-cylinder engines as well. The standard 2.0L version will make 240 horsepower, while reaching 60 mph in 6.1 seconds and achieving 29 mpg on the highway. A hotter version, which will use a turbocharger and a supercharger, will pack 302 horsepower and 295 lb-ft of torque. Both 4-cylinder engines will be paired with an 8-speed automatic, while the carryover engines will use the current 6-speed ‘box. No manual will be offered.

Interestingly, Volvo claims that any growth in sales from the V60 will be “incremental”. This suggests that the V60’s return is as much a brand building exercise as much as a way to grow volume. After all, what is Volvo without a wagon?

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  • Fozone Fozone on Sep 13, 2013

    I say this in all seriousness: Are the molds and tooling from the 240 still in existence? Are they being hidden somewhere in a south american warehouse or something? Will some billionaire please buy them and put them to good use in order to give us a proper volvo, instead of whatever that thing at the top of the page purports to be?

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    • CRConrad CRConrad on Sep 23, 2013

      @jadnhm Take heed, even.

  • Piggybox Piggybox on Sep 15, 2013

    Why don't they bring V40 to US?

  • Tostik Tostik on Sep 15, 2013

    Great looking "wagon". Might be my next car. You go Volvo.

  • Durishin Durishin on Sep 16, 2013

    Fuji Heavy, you watching this?

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