Volvo Has Updated Bioetanol Engine For S80 Sedan
Posted on May 17, 2009
Filed Under Engines
The generosity of Volvo in the world deserves respect. For example, when ordering a business sedan S80 you may be surprised by the breadth of the engine diversity. Five engines, starting with 2.0 «Four» to the 315-strong «Eight». However, there are also some special engines, that Swedes produce in limited edition. These motors are 2.0 F and 2.5 FT, running on bioethanol. Latter was updated by Volvo.
«Turbofive» 2.5, able to work on the E85 fuel, after the reconstruction of electronics gives 231 horsepower and 340 N • m instead of 200 horsepower and 300 newton-meters. And fuel consumption in combined cycle, by contrast, fell by 5% for cars with mechanical gearbox (8,6 l) and by 6% for the automatic versions (9,6 l).
Sedans S80 and V70 with a universal engine will be presented on the European market in June 2009. Unfortunately, official representatives of Swedish companies do not say anything about the changes of «turbofive» 2.5, running only on gasoline.
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