Volvo s60 D4 (181hp) or Volvo cc 2.0 tdi (140hp)

Help a brother out, which would you choose, both with full leather interior and 4 years old?

bazz26

Depends what you want from a car. The S60 would have a bit less space than the CC but the D4 engine would be more powerful. The S60's boot would be a bit smaller and narrower too. The CC is basically a 4 door coupe so rear headroom is sloping and the rears seats are really only designed for 2 people with a centre centre more suited for short journeys.

Thanks, I do love the look of the d4 engine, and the exhausts are a joy. I do like a bit of responsiveness and power coming from a 1.8 petrol 125hp engine and I do fear that the diesel will feel sluggish in comparison.

But just look at that cc, and its interior. The boot is important for golf clubs too. I can try to hold out to find a 170hp version but hear there's not much difference. Or get it remapped...

heroics

What car are you in at the moment OP?


Personally I prefer the look of the volvo. But it sounds like you want the CC. Best idea would be to test drive one and see what you think.

Explosive_Cornflake

What years are you on about?

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Thanks, I do love the look of the d4 engine, and the exhausts are a joy. I do like a bit of responsiveness and power coming from a 1.8 petrol 125hp engine and I do fear that the diesel will feel sluggish in comparison.

But just look at that cc, and its interior. The boot is important for golf clubs too. I can try to hold out to find a 170hp version but hear there's not much difference. Or get it remapped...

Am in a Volvo s40 now and do love it, an underrated car in my opinion. And it's a 1.8 petrol so a fair bit of power for its size.

I think I prefer the look of the cc, but would prefer the d4 engine from the Volvo.

Am looking at 141/142, approx 80k miles on the clock. A test drive would be the way to go I suppose, sounds like no one has any major issues with either.

listermint

Whats a Volvo CC ?

colm_mcm

The S80 is often overlooked. Fair enough it’s not as smart looking as an s60 but it’s a lot of barge for the money.


op is talking about the VW CC

heroics

TBH performance wise you should drive the CC. I can't imagine you will find it any slower than the s40.

Looking at the 0-60 for example the s40 1.8 takes 10.6s https://www.parkers.co.uk/volvo/s40/saloon-2004/specs/

The Passat CC Tdi 140 takes 9.5s (https://www.parkers.co.uk/volkswagen/cc/saloon-2012/specs/

bazz26

I had a Passat CC with 140bhp and had it remapped which transformed it. If you can find a stock 170bhp then all the better. The boot on the CC is very deep but the coupe opening is very similar to a saloon but you should be able to fit a set of Golf clubs in there but may have to fold down the rear seats. I cannot imagine the S60's boot being as flexible even with the back seats down.

One thing to watch with the CC is that my car developed a fracture in the gearbox housing @ 65k km and subsequently needed a new clutch/flywheel and gearbox which luckily was covered under warranty. It doesn't seem to a widespread issue with them but just sharing my ownership experience of them. Another thing to check on them is the air conditioning compressor, these are known to fail and a replacement from VW will cost north of €500. Other than that they are a very nice car, you will easily see 50mpg from that engine and they share alot of parts with the regular Passat of the same vintage.

heroics

heroics wrote: »

TBH performance wise you should drive the CC. I can't imagine you will find it any slower than the s40.

Looking at the 0-60 for example the s40 1.8 takes 10.6s https://www.parkers.co.uk/volvo/s40/saloon-2004/specs/

The Passat CC Tdi 140 takes 9.5s (https://www.parkers.co.uk/volkswagen/cc/saloon-2012/specs/

That's good info, appreciate that

kirving

Had an S40 1.8 125bhp myself until last week. Before changing I test drove a 181bhp D4 S60 Automatic and thought it was really excellent. If you haven't tried the Auto, give it a shot.

It's definitely a car I'm still considering in the future. I then went and looked at the D6 Hybrid AWD becasue I thought it was cool AF but the Revenue depreciation rate on them means that the VRT for a 2013/2014 is still around €4k.

Kevin Irving

Kevin Irving wrote: »

Had an S40 1.8 125bhp myself until last week. Before changing I test drove a 181bhp D4 S60 Automatic and thought it was really excellent. If you haven't tried the Auto, give it a shot.

It's definitely a car I'm still considering in the future. I then went and looked at the D6 Hybrid AWD becasue I thought it was cool AF but the Revenue depreciation rate on them means that the VRT for a 2013/2014 is still around €4k.

So what did you end up getting?