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LA Times 4/4/07
- “Sweet clarity, stylish, speedy, secure. Volvo’s S80 runs easily with the BMW-Lexus pack.”
Wall Street Journal 2/16/07
- “Just like the competition, the S80 is brimming with technology, but with a twist typical of the Swedish
automaker – the recipe revolves around safety, not confounding control knobs and LED screens”
- “While it’s fast and elegant, with a classy interior, this sedan carries a sun-$50,000 starting price, meaning
it offers blue-plate value, too.” (V8 specific)
- “For those luxury shoppers looking to try something new, the S80 should prove satisfying”
USA Today 3/2/07
- “S80’s stylin’, lively and fun: Who could ask for more?”
- “The new S80 is gorgeous in the flowing way all recent Volvo’s have been”
- “It is exquisite inside, trimming, and presenting the control panels and pieces with close to perfect taste”
- “Comfort abounds, the S80 continuing Volvo’s impressive ability to find the best seats in the business”
- “The standard 3.2-liter in-line six-cylinder has only modest ratings but wake-up call performance”
- “Both engines are remarkable”
- “Steering, braking, cornering – all high order, as you’d expect from a premium European sedan”
New York Times 3/4/07
- “I found the V-8 model had come-up-and-see-me-sometime curb appeal, and it was rompin’ stompin’
good fun to drive”
- “I was enamored of the well-proportioned styling, inside and out”
- “The S80 3.2, meanwhile, is Volvo’s ‘great value story’”
Boston Globe 3/20/07
- “Volvo S80’s performance shatters automaker’s tweedy image”
- “The 311 horsepower, V-8 model burbles like an old GTO but is much faster”
- “The interior is a supurb blend of functional cockpit and luxurious cruiser”
- “As to be expected, the S80 wraps its occupants in cocoon of safety”
- “Yes, It’s a Volvo. But it’s not tweed-clad professor’s Volvo. This one is faster, more powerful, and yet safer
than any box he drove to campus”
- “For those luxury shoppers looking to try something new, the S80 should prove satisfying”
Dallas Morning News 3/12/07
- “After driving the Swedish automaker’s latest generation S80 sedan, it’s clear to me that Volvo is no longer
the equivalent of sensible shoes. Volvo’s flagship sedan is too pretty for that.”
- “A more impressive, aggressive-looking car”
- “My test car’s interior was easily as luxurious as most any high-end German sedan that comes to mind”
- “Punch the accelerator pedal, and the engine lets out a distinctive, and oh-so-satisfying, V-8 growl”
Orlando Sentinel 3/17/07
- “This is not a flagship because it’s big and expensive; it’s a flagship because it is an astoundingly good car”
- “For the first time, Volvo is prepared to play head-to-head with its midsized European luxury rivals.
Nicely done.”
Elite Traveler Magazine March 2007
- “Volvo’s latest big sedan smoothly blends in a bit of Swedish design luxury and some V8 oomph to create
a smorgasboard worthy of consideration from European luxury car fans”
- “The S80 is a pleasure to drive – as seamless as the gray cliffs, gentle hills, lakes and rivers that envelop
Sweden. And the simplicity of its Scandinavian design creates a sense of calm throughout this sedan …
a true luxury.”
The Globe and Mail Canada 3/22/07
- “The S80 more than holds its own in a segment where all cars are so good, so comfortable, so capable and
so wonderful to drive”
- “The materials are top-notch, the trimmings are rich, the controls are completely functional and the front
seats are outstanding – including the excellent whiplash protection system”
- “In a nutshell, then, this is really a fine effort, a whopping good car”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 3/22/07
- “This new car is chock full of all kinds of cool gadgetry – and has the brand’s first V-8 engine.”
- “this was, needless to say, a soothing, luxurious car. And for the technology and safety minded among you,
an excellent choice to consider.”
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