Tuesday 15th June 2004

V8 for Volvo

New Yamaha Engine for the Swedes

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Volvo's new SUV - the XC90 - will get a V8 in due course. Volvo's CEO recently told USA Today that the marque is to use a 320bhp 4.4 litre motor in the SUV with other cars in the range using it in due course.

The engine has been commissioned from Yamaha by Volvo.

[dinkel]

http://forums.swedespeed.com/zerothread?id=17950&postid=179108

And a lot of "Volvo XC90 V8 - Premiera XC90 z silnikiem V8 zapowiadana jest na grudzien´ 2004 roku"

Sounds good! The car is a tad too big soo a V8 lump should fit to get it into BMW Viagra X5 territory

[v8thunder]

Go, on, put it in a RWD/4WD version of the C70. You know you want to...

[NDT]

isn't the nat asp AJV8 a 4.4l engine with around 300PS?
would have made more sense to keep it in the family, so to speak...

[dinkel]

The smaller Yamaha V8 absorbs energy better than the Ford plants. When bumped into that is . . . (Hope not into mine . . .)

T6 chipped and souped up gets 304hp/431nm . . .

Beemers X5 also has a V8 4.4 with 320 hp.

Us market calls I guess . . .

Isn't Fords 1.7 Puma a Yammy?