To correct an earlier attempt to muddy the water here.
I had understood that this thread concerned the braking characteristics of the 850 and S70, old shape V70 and C70.
A previous post has sung the praises of a new shape V70 fitted with non standard Brembo plain discs and Ferodo DS2500 pads and its competant performance on a circuit. You can get more than adequate results from a standard vehicle on track...certainly to compare with most other standard road cars.
That is not a good example as Volvo have produced a far more adequate standard braking system in their new shape cars.
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