New Volvo approved 185 D5 Power upgrade
 

The attached press release is interesting reading ,

Interesting but how will it affect your insurance being a volvo approved upgrade ?

I would imagine the same way as any other power increase , a small extra premium or if you are lucky no extra premium .

£650 for a 20bhp remap? Thats extremely expensive.

I was thinking that, MPH Unchanged, MPG Unchanged, so its £650 for 0.5 sec. quicker to 60mph.

Or am I missing something else?

Chaddie.

£650 for 20 bhp is expensive, but you also get much better in-gear performance (and torque) which is really what counts.

It is manufacturer approved and keeps the warranty, so I'm not surprised to see it comes at a premium.

It's getting more and more common these days for manufacturers to offer their own approved mods, they aren't good value in absolute terms but for a lot of people with relatively new cars keeping the warranty is worth a lot.

Wonder if this is a way of getting you to pay to get rid of the hesitation that they say doesnt exist............................... Call me a cynic..............

There isnt any hesitation with the 185 bhp engine ??? Its got throttle flaps to blank off one set of inlet valves at low rpm to increase the gas speed through the other set ..

Tell that to the one I had................ :hidesbehindsofa: