Volvo S40 Diesel?

spadder

I'm looking at one buying of these at the moment, any opinions on these?
Are volvo diesels any good?

Thanks

bazz26

spadder wrote: »

I'm looking at one buying of these at the moment, any opinions on these?
Are volvo diesels any good?

Thanks

What model? What year?

1996 to 2004 S40 was based on the Mitsubishi Carisma and the 1.9 TD engine is a Renault unit. Pre 2001 models had 100bhp, facelifted 2001 diesel had 115bhp.

2004 onwards S40 is based on the Ford Focus and the diesel engines are Peugeot/Citroen HDi units, comes in 1.6 litre (110bhp) and 2.0 litre (136bhp).

Car-dealer

hi

for me the S60 is superior - the S40 is a little small. Also look at V50 if its an estate!

R.O.R

Car-dealer wrote: »

hi

for me the S60 is superior - the S40 is a little small. Also look at V50 if its an estate!

S60 diesel only comes with a 2.4 diesel engine so road tax is ridiculous - although it is a cracking engine.

getcover

I was looking to buy an S40 diesel, but yesterday was offered a 2001 S40 petrol engined 1.8 for a fantastic price. Took it for a test drive, seemed fine, had a mechanic friend give it a quick look over and all seemed fine.
My only query/worry is this: I've always owned diesel engined cars (Renault and a few VWs) and before I take what seems a great offer, I'd like to know if the S40 will be expensive to run, what sort of mileage to the gallon could I resonably expect etc.

Thanks for any help...

JJJJNR

The '01 is supposed to be fairly unreliable, check out honest john etc.

You'll be lucky to get 35mpg out of it..