2015 Volvo E-Drive Motor

[G. David Felt]

Fox news had this cool picture and video of the new 2015 Volvo E-Drive.

 

 

Seems this 2 liter 4 cylinder engine with electric drive assist is to replace their full engine line up according to the news story.

 

They say this powertrain will come in a 2.0 and 2.5 Liter size and allow them to use a standard 4 cylinder powertrain with turbo's and superchargers to power all their auto's.

 

Interesting approach to their lineup. Do you think this will still allow them to be considered a luxury maker or more of a mid luxury level Buick competitor? I thought the video was interesting and raises many questions of how people will perceive the future.

 

In my mind it also shows that GM was way ahead of the world with engine designes on small engines before the world was ready to embrace them.

[smk4565]

Combining  a supercharger and a turbo charger makes sense to eliminate the lag time and keep even power flow.  But at $40k you are talking C-class money, and the S60 isn't that good of a car.   300 hp and 35 mpg is a solid combination, but you can get a 45 mpg diesel BMW if you give up some acceleration.  And the diesel C-class should hit 60 in 7 seconds and turn out 45 mpg also.

 

Good engine for Volvo but it will probably just push the cost of the car up and their cars don't justify that price point.  I did read that Geely was going to spend $11 billion on Volvo to try to get them up to par, we'll see though, they might be too far behind.

[A Horse With No Name]

Honestly they are obsolete as a brand.

[Drew Dowdell]

Volvo needs some diesels here in the states.