18 years ago, a "Initial D" was born out of thin air, which became part of the collective memory of a generation.
At the beginning, in front of the screen, the teenagers who watched Takumi Fujiwara hold the steering wheel with one hand and attack the bend have now grown up. However, for most people in reality, the dream of driving their favorite car to the mountains seems to have not been realized.
Everyone wants to be Takumi, but in the real world, selling tofu can't afford to buy a fun but impractical sports car. And how many sedans that most people can afford, how many can arouse your interest in running the mountain? Perhaps the Volvo S60, a Nordic sports luxury sedan, can do the trick.
Not long ago, a car ** tested Volvo S60 in Atuoling, Hainan.
The mountain road of Hainan Atuoling is very exciting, the drop is very large, and the curve is relatively sharp, which is the "Hainan Autumn Famous Mountain" in the mouth of local self-driving enthusiasts. There are a lot of two-door sports cars and a lot of three-box sports sedans on this mountain road, so who can get the fastest speed and feel the ultimate driving pleasure here with the Volvo S60 and Mercedes-Benz C, BMW 3 Series and Audi A4L?
After a period of test driving, the veteran driver came to the conclusion that the driving experience of the Volvo S60 is not inferior to any car in the same class, and its chassis road feel and support are very distinctive.
A transverse front-wheel drive car that does not lose to BBA's longitudinal platform rear-wheel drive car? Is the old driver lying, or is the Volvo S60 really strong?
First of all, look at the power, for the sake of fairness, we use the Volvo S60 lowest configuration model, to compare the lowest configuration of BBA models of the same level. It can be found that only the power of the Audi A4L can be compared with the Volvo S60, with a slight lead in maximum torque, while the Volvo S60 has the advantage in other statistics. As for the Mercedes-Benz C and BMW 3 Series, they are completely incomparable to the Volvo S60 in terms of power. At present, the best-selling Volvo S60 is the B5 model, which has 250 hp and 350 Nm of peak torque, and the 0-100 acceleration time is 6 9 seconds, which has touched the threshold of a performance car. As for the Volvo S60's T8 plug-in hybrid model, it is even more exaggerated, it is a model that is benchmarked with Audi S4 and BMW M340i, with a comprehensive power of 335kW, a maximum torque of 709N·m, and a 000 acceleration time of only 4 7 seconds.
The second is the quality of the chassis, in which the Volvo S60 also has a great advantage. BBA's models of the same level all use longitudinal platforms, which brings a problem, the wheelbase is very long but the actual riding space in the car is limited, but domestic consumers are most concerned about space. In order to solve this problem, BBA's B-class sedans have all been lengthened a lot, although it makes up for the lack of space, but it is inevitable to sacrifice part of the handling feeling, after all, the body will become longer after the wheelbase is extended, and the short wheelbase is the essence of sports models, which is conducive to improving the upper limit of handling.
On the other hand, Volvo S60, it adheres to the standard axle design, and has the widest track in the same class, which makes the overall body proportion of S60 very compact, which can greatly improve the flexibility and stability of driving, reduce the shift of the center of gravity of the vehicle at high speed, even on the rugged mountain road where the center of gravity is constantly changing, Volvo S60 anti-roll performance is also good.
The Volvo S60 dares to stick to the standard axle because it is a transverse front-wheel drive car, and the engine compartment is compact and reasonable, allowing more space to be given to the S60 passenger compartment. However, don't think that the cross-mounted front-wheel drive car counterweight is unreasonable, Volvo S60 designers have long thought of this, and through reasonable design, the ratio of S60 front and rear axles is infinitely close to 50:50, so S60 will not push the head phenomenon when driving fiercely. Moreover, Volvo S60 adopts a lightweight front arm rear integral multi-link suspension combination, which not only takes up very little space, but also has good support and vibration filtration, and can show very convincing performance in different driving modes. It can be very sporty and comfortable, which perfectly captures the sportiness and sense of luxury.
In addition, Volvo S60 is now very powerful, car purchase subsidies, replacement subsidies, and old user subsidies are all given, and there is always one you can use. All in all, Volvo S60 landing** is more than 200,000, which is not even much more expensive than ordinary joint venture brand B-class cars! You don't have the money to buy a two-door sports car, but the Volvo S60 allows you to buy a luxury brand B-segment car with the budget of an ordinary B-segment car, and it has a good handling feel, and it can even run a hill, which is worth it!