8 January 2009

Volvo's new diesel

Volvo is introducing a brand-new D5 diesel engine, the first which will be available in the S80 from mid-year.

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It is still a five cylinder unit, but is much more efficient and complaint to Euro 5 emissions.

The technology incorporates sequential twin turbochargers, ceramic glow-plugs and piezoelectric fuel injectors and the 2.4 unit will have CO2 emissions of 164g/km. There’s an improved power output of 205hp and 420Nm of torque.