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My guess would be it'll be an off the shelf Ford V8, perhaps with Volvo emblems on the camshaft covers.
It will be a brand new engine - co-developed with Yamaha. Do a goggle search on Volvo V8.
Jack G
Hmm, perhaps similar to the V6 used in the Taurus SHO then, don't really know much about that engine, supposedly it is rather powerful though.
Developed with Yamaha huh? Echoes of SHO!
As long as it isn't the PRV thing, developed with Peugeout and Renault. That was a problem engine. The current inline 6 was developed with Porsche, and the 5 is a version of this engine.
Ben
There was nothing wrong with the SHO engine, it was perhaps the best engine offered in a Ford product in the last few decades, IMO.
I can't wait to see what some crazy Swede does with this new V8. Who will be the first to twin turbo the thing and stuff it into a RWD chassis? ;-)
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Ford doesen´t have a V8 that fits in current Volvo chassis. Inkluding XC90. And they want a modern engine to.
XR(V)
It is simply unbelievable that Ford will not use the Volvo motor in Mazda's, and Ford products, once you spend the big bucks for a modern V8 design you knock em out and use them wherever you can to armitize the development costs ASAP!
They have, of course, just completed developing a brand new V8 for Jaguar, Aston Martin and Land Rover.
So they will now have V8 engines for transverse and longitudinal fitment...
Just don't let any of the 3rd gen SHO owners catch you saying that :^)
I think it's a shame they didn't develop an SUV chassis with the engine mounted the other way.. so they could keep the T6 motor and back it up with a better transmission.
Dopn't think anywhere elese but north America would really want a big gas guzzling V8. Notice that the V8 is available only in left hand drive version so only Europe and America can have it, but not UK, Australia and most of Asia. So the 5 and 6 cylinders gotta stay.
Where else but north america would the xc-90 sell? What country located between Canada and Mexico, the atlantic and the pacific oceans provides most of the operational profit that Volvo cars earns, a lot due to the people who gotta have a SUV?
I dislike SUV's but if you look at a XC-90 you have a tasteful, safe, and well thought out SUV, the best of a bad bunch, save, perhaps the BMW, VW, and Porsche--but my sporting side shows!
A XC-90 is not all that quick with the turbo 6, fill one up with people and the V* will provide a nice boast in power over the turbo 6.
As far as MPG's (KPL's) the V8 often does better then a 6 and especially a turbo 6 because the V8 is just loafing along while the 6 is using most of it's power, and the turbos, if so equipped, are called upon often for fuel robbing boast.
Real world the V8 will not be as big a difference as you might think, but if you think why not rethink and buy a s-80?
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