volvo v70 2.4 review

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Average Ratings

Performance	8/10
Practicality	9/10
Reliability	9.7/10
Value for Money	8/10
Overall rating	8.7/10

67% Recommended2 out of 3 Reviews

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By RBraddick on 26th Feb 2004

RBraddick's Ratings

Year Manufactured	2001
Length of ownership	3 years
Performance	8/10
Practicality	10/10
Reliability	10/10
Value for money	9/10
Overall value	9/10
RBraddick's recommendation

Good Points

Sheer load lugging capacity, comfortable, competent, reliable. Depreciation.

Bad Points

Niggly reliabilty and build quality issues. Running costs. Complicated accessory ordering. Fuel consumption. Crash repair costs.

General Comments

The Volvo V70 2.4 is an excellent car. We bought ours from new, 3 years ago now. This is my wife's car and is also the family car - to date the car has done very well.

Has a tendency to be light at the front; steering and power going through the same wheels can cause this to happen.

We chose the 2.4 non-turbo to avoid excessive tyre wear and issues with huge power going through front wheels (having owned a T5 previously I was aware of these issues). Tyres still wear out quickly though!

A competent and fast car - once it gets there. Great cruiser and an excellent family car. High specification - feels special.

We bought the car with loads of extras and the family pack and winter pack are highly recommended (how did we ever live without electric child locks!).

Some of the build quality is suspect and can be a bit "plasticy". But I would be nit-picking to insinuate that this detracts from how good the car really is. Great stereo system. Bulbs seem to blow quite often.

Total Respect: +8