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These days, you ain't nobody as a manufacturer if you ain't don't got a 'green' range in your line-up. Or something.
We've seen Bluemotion, Greenline, Ecomotive, Ecoughsyrup, Econetic, and now here's DRIVe - Volvo's shot at the high-mpg, low-emissions formula.
DRIVe - which we can only assumed is pronounced 'drivvy' - will be available on the 1.6-litre diesel versions of the C30, S40 and V50... and the results look impressive.
Through the tried-and-tested formula of lowered ride height, slipperier aero, longer gearing and low-resistance tyres, Volvo has managed to squeeze 64.2mpg out of the C30, and 62.8mpg out of the S40 and V50.
CO2 emissions? 115g/km for the C30, and 118g/km for the S40 and V50, which spells seriously good news for your tax disc.
The DRIVe models will go on sale in the UK in January of next year, with a price premium of between £120-£360 over the non-greenified car.
Given the price of fuel at the moment, you'll probably recoup that loss in one quick trip to the supermarket.
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JOHNJOE commented on this article
at 03:14 pm on 20 August 2009
who needs a ugly duck prius when volvo is making these fantasticly practical and good looking cars give out better fuel economy and probably better performance. although the wheels on them cars look crap
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SamP commented on this article
at 05:38 pm on 18 January 2011
Agreed they are good looking but they don't do what it says on the tin. We are very disappointed in the misleading claims made about the green credentials of this car. We used the VCA fuel consumption figures to make a relative decision when choosing a V50 DRIVe as we wanted the most fuel efficient estate available. With our previous car (BMW) we averaged 44mpg against the published combined figure of 42.2mpg, with the new V50 DRIVe we we are only getting 50mpg against a published combined figure of 72.3mpg. Despite attempts to get Volvo to address the issue they have been dismissive and disinterested. They will not even look at our car and the dealer has said there is nothing wrong with it (in fact they even said that we are lucky with the consumption we are getting because their V50s achieve less!).
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