Volvo S80 news - Big Chinese Cars III: Volvo S80L - 2008

As we've now proved indisputably with the Ford Fiesta saloon and stretched Audi A4, the Chinese like big cars. Big versions of normal cars, anyhow.

This is the extended-wheelbase Volvo S80 – sensibly called the S80L – which debuted at the Guangshou Auto Show in south China this week.

It's a full 14cm longer than the already-not-really-very-short S80, with all of that space going in the rear seats. Which, we reckon, should give you enough space to fit a king-sized double bed back there, if you're so inclined.

No word on whether the S80L will make it into any other markets, but of all the big-versions-of-normal-cars we've seen today, this is our favourite. We'd never thought of Volvo ever really nailing the limo-thing before, but we'd happily be ferried from our dictatorial palace to our dictatorial seat of power in this classy little number, when we seize power.

If. If we seize power. That's what we meant.

Category:: Car News

Tags:: Volvo; S80; Fiesta; A4; Guangzhou Auto Show

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JOHNJOE commented on this article

at 03:33 pm on 20 August 2009

i dont mean to steryotype but is chinese people in general not slightly the opposite of tall. if this car was for the dutch or germans i would understand but its bazzare the chinese need long cars. but hey remember the citroen cx prestige a huge car they should do the same with the c6 and make a c6 estate it would be amazingly huge. volvo cars have 4 wheels in contact with the ground at all times. that is an amazingly vague description of them

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KGG2011 commented on this article

at 11:35 pm on 23 April 2011

As a chinese, i dont understant the people in china too. most of the people dont understant what is car. what engine is, what suspension is and they dont even care. what they care is: ah i got a volo, i got a audi, i got MG......... and is big which to tell other people my pocket is big as well-but ture is they are not really have that "big" pocket otherwise they will get the A6 rather then A4L..... i think it is what they thought, it is all about the face - am i look good out there? yes! i got a audi A4L....yes i'm good...... and look at that he is driving a GEELY, i am not gonna run business with him, he is not at the same level as me... what a shame

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