Hi those of you who own V70-T5 with the 2.5 litre engine with automatic gearbox. How much fuel does your sweaty waste in city driving???? And how does he work in snow?? Is XC the answer??

 

Volvo rates the fuel economy of the T5 at 18 mpg in the city and 25 on the highway. The XC for 2004 i know gets 19 mpg in the city and 24 on the highway. And while the XC might be better in the snow due to the fact that it is AWD, the T5 will give u more power than the XC. i checked the specs and the XC gets 208 hp at 5000 rpm while the T5 gets 247 at 5200. If you want power, the T5 is the way to go. If you want better traction for snow driving, the XC is the way to go.

 

I own a 2001 T5. It gets anywhere from 18-25 hiway slightly less city, although your driving habits dictate all of that needless to say. I personally wouldn't get anything other than a T5 as it major quick, and it's low center of gravity is a plus. No reason for 4 wheel, you don't need it. I get everywhere in the snow with all season radials. It is the best little swedish hot rod I know.</P>


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I have a 2001 V70 T5 with a manual tranny. Just completed a trip around the American Southwest, and the car averaged 28.7mpg with a 67mph average over 3 tankfulls. One tankfull yielded 31mpg, but that was an 54mph average. Keep in mind that these figures were generated at high altitude. Sea level highway averages 26.5mpg. City mpg is horrible at 18-19mpg

 

I was looking for info about fuel consumption for the V70 T5, and came across this old thread and thought I'd add my own $0.02.

A couple recent long road trips netted me around 23mpg, but that's at western US speeds, meaning the actual highway average speed was around 80mph. Based on the averages I've seen floating around, it looks like my trusty old T5 is doing about what it should - I was wondering whether it might make sense to replace the upstream O2 sensor, but it sounds like it would be a waste of time.

I really do wish my T5 had a manual tranny, although the reason I was able to buy it for chump change is that it had a shift flare (which was fixed with a $30 updated servo cover from IPD). We've driven the wheels off the thing, including a few cross-country (literally) excursions, one which included pulling a 12' x 6' trailer from GA to SE FL to AZ (pushing the edge of the envelope, but it got me home). I've got 233,000 miles on the beast now, and it runs like a scalded dog when I put the loud pedal into the carpet. Best automotive buy I ever made, though I do know how to twist wrenches - if someone relied on the stealership for their maintenance, these cars can get expensive.