ENFLAMED VOLVO - For Q-car stealth, there are few safer bets than Volvo's turbocharged S60s

摘要

Righto, you can stop your sniggering right now. Volvo does make performance cars and they are pretty decent things into the bargain, too. The fun started in 1993 with a gadget called the 850 T5. With a pumped-up version of Volvo's then-new five-cylinder engine producing 166kW, it was right out of the box for Volvo, but did serve notice that the Swede was on the warpath. By the time the calendar had flicked over to the 21st century, Volvo had started to get pretty comfortable with the whole idea of offering folks a vehicle that could get out of its own way ... and fast!