I'm looking to replace our aging 2006 Honda CRV for something newer. I've been a Honda guy my entire life and have lived the stereotypical reliability that the people buy the brand for. Basically change the oil fill it with gas over the life of my cars (and the proper services at required intervals) with no major mechanical issues.

My budget is only $25-30K CAD so a new car is out of the question.

Stumbled across a single owner accident free 2016 Volvo XC70 with only 90,000km (55k miles) on it for $25k. Its the T5 turbo AWD with nice brown leather seats.

What I'm out to find is...can I live the Honda life in the Volvo? IE, with regulars maintenance can it be trouble free upto 200,000 miles?
Owner reviews seem very high for this vehicle...but consumer reports rates it VERY low. I'm wondering if this is just nagging issues or very serious mechanical ones?
I'm staying away from the new Volvo 4cyl super/turbo motors and newer modes I've heard nothing but bad about.

I'm hoping this 2016 is the last of the classic Volvos that used to be reliable. Not sure if the T5 turbo ended up being as good as the T6 Turbo. Funny for the last year of an old gen car they introduced a new motors!?

Any advice would be appreciated!

 

1. Probably not
2. European cars have never been as reliable as Japanese cars
3. The Five cyl has been used with a turbo since 1992 - It's a well built/designed engine (of course there are the timing belt failures - sometimes too soon and head gasket failures after overheating)

Check to make sure that year/engine is not part of the bad piston ring/oil usage problem. Volvo put lower tension oil control rings in some engines about that time - the rings clog then the engines burn oil. Solution for those under warranty was new pistons. (So it would be $$$ on a 2015.5)
Does that car have the Platinum package with adaptive (speed sensing) cruise control?
And if that $25k is in Canadian dollars - that might be a pretty good deal. I had a 2015 xc70 t6 Platinum until 2 years ago. Very nice car, 75k miles. Tried to sell on the open market. NOBODY was interested, (at least anywhere near the 25.5 k Carmax was going to give me) - traded on a new car.

 

Unclejemima, in my opinion "The last of the classic Volvos that used to be reliable" ended with the rear wheel drive models. That would be 1993 for the 240's and 1996 I believe for the 740, 940 models. However, those are now so old that the reliability of even those are questionable. If you want a car as solid and reliable as a Honda, but do not want another Honda, there is one clear answer: buy a Toyota.