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Originally Posted by Volvo2002
Disagree on that. The sound of a 5cylinder at full throttle is fantastic.
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For me though, that's the problem; the (NA) Volvo 5 pot doesn't sound enthusiastic until you get over 3k, but the Alfa V6 sounded muscular from idle to redline.
I was going round the Bristol ring road in the Alfa some years ago, in the outside lane I got held up by a boy racer in a saxo or corsa. Kept a proper distance, but after a moment or 2, dropped it into 3rd (still sitting back), at which boy racer pulled straight in ;-)
Wouldn't expect to get the same result in the Volvo; to be fair though, the Volvo's better turning circle is a real benefit in town.