Volvo S40 Outruns new Lexus GS300

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[Cantona156]

Silly me ...........

 

Aero? Wow. The in-gear acceleration is power.

[Vtim]

Sprinting is all about torque. V6 NA will not beat a turbo unless you lighten the car.

 

BTW the S40 T5 will have boost limited in the 1st & 2nd gear to protect the torque converter. Imagine a manual shifter.

agree with you, if only the S40 T5 manual is available in SG

[Porker]

Never look down on the Swedish machines. Those are some sleeper monsters

[Falc]

U sure the SE never secretly off the aircon so that u will feel more oomph during test drive?

[Cantona156]

If she really did that, then her ploy backfired.

 

Seriously, it is a nice car. Except that it is rather small inside and poor aircon aside.

[Littleblackalfa]

Sprinting is all about torque. V6 NA will not beat a turbo unless you lighten the car.

 

I knew once Volvo come into question you sure pop up wan...

 

The T5 runs at 320Nm of torque as low as 1500RPM. That'll eat up the GS anytime.

 

That said, there's no way an LGT will eat a T5 if the T5 was being serious.

 

And who said GS too big to manuever? You know how manueverable the 7 series is??? And the 7 series is NA. 7.5secs century sprint.