Volvo Community Forum. The Forums of the Volvo Owners Club

Forum Rules Volvo Owners Club About VOC Volvo Gallery Links Volvo History Volvo Press
Go Back   Volvo Owners Club Forum > "Technical Topics" > S60 & V60 '18> / XC60 '17> / S90 & V90 '16> / XC90 '15> General
Register Members Cars Help Calendar Extra Stuff

Notices

S60 & V60 '18> / XC60 '17> / S90 & V90 '16> / XC90 '15> General Forum for the SPA-platform 60- and 90-series models

Information
  • VOC Members: There is no login facility using your VOC membership number or the details from page 3 of the club magazine. You need to register in the normal way
  • AOL Customers: Make sure you check the 'Remember me' check box otherwise the AOL system may log you out during the session. This is a known issue with AOL.
  • AOL, Yahoo and Plus.net users. Forum owners such as us are finding that AOL, Yahoo and Plus.net are blocking a lot of email generated from forums. This may mean your registration activation and other emails will not get to you, or they may appear in your spam mailbox

Thread Informations

Sunday Times 2016 Top 100 Cars

Views : 970

Replies : 4

Users Viewing This Thread :  

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old Jan 3rd, 2016, 09:29   #1
Carl Sberglager
Member
 

Last Online: Apr 11th, 2017 21:08
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Leeds
Default Sunday Times 2016 Top 100 Cars

1st place in Large 4x4 SUV category

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/...c8c23b0685f676
__________________
MY16 XC90 D5 Inscription & MY15 V40 D4 R-Design
Carl Sberglager is offline   Reply With Quote
Old Jan 3rd, 2016, 13:51   #2
volvoid
Monster Raving Loony
 
volvoid's Avatar
 

Last Online: Nov 12th, 2018 20:03
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: hitchin
Default

Total bollox, everyone knows the landcruiseris thebest offroader, just ask united nations, yemeni warlords, taliban, african politicians and anyone else who needs to go anywhere
__________________
1994 850 2.0 bought at 32,000 miles used daily now 45,000. Still like a nearly-new car
2004 filthy polluting diesel VW
volvoid is offline   Reply With Quote
Old Jan 3rd, 2016, 14:18   #3
marc
VOC Member
 
marc's Avatar
 

Last Online: Jun 23rd, 2019 00:08
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Jersey
Default

Agreed! After some dune bashing in a landcruiser during a trip to Dubai, I certainly can't see an XC90 managing that...However, the XC90 is much better looking.
__________________


C30 D5 SE Lux with added Polestar!!

C30CREW.COM
marc is offline   Reply With Quote
Old Jan 3rd, 2016, 14:56   #4
Veefor
VOC Member
 

Last Online: May 10th, 2024 12:36
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Bristol
Default

What percentage of XC90 even get dirty let alone go off-road.I bet you the vast majority of owners don't even have off-road tyres or even Winters on them.
Also it's a proven fact that a regular car with winter tyres will perform staggeringly better than a 4x4 with normal road tyres.
People buy theXc90 for the kudos and safety factor, just like footballers used to buy Range Rovers, sorry but it's true, school run=XC90 or Cayenne Turbo for pose factor.
Veefor is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Veefor For This Useful Post:
Old Jan 8th, 2016, 02:09   #5
RoyMacDonald
VOC Member
 
RoyMacDonald's Avatar
 

Last Online: Feb 1st, 2023 11:27
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Rye, East Sussex
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by volvoid View Post
Total bollox, everyone knows the landcruiseris thebest offroader, just ask united nations, yemeni warlords, taliban, african politicians and anyone else who needs to go anywhere
Uncomfortable, prodigious thirst, expensive to service, suspension is a weak point, but can be modified. The Nissan Patrol has taken over as the UN number one.

I think the LR Defender is still the best off roader there is, followed by the G class Merc, followed by the LR Disco 4,

The Range Rover also has a lot going for it off road although it is very expensive to buy and run.

Best 7 seat SUV I'd give to the XC90. Best 5 seat SUV I'd give to the XC60. I do own one though so I'm biased.
__________________
1984 245 SE 1986 345 SE Auto
1991 940 TD Auto 2003 XC90 D5 SE AWD Geartronic2002 V70 D5 SE Auto 2014 V40 D2 SE Tiptronic Cross Country 2017 V40 D2 Cross Country Geartronic Pro 2015 XC60 D5 Polestar SE Lux Nav AWD Geartronic

Last edited by RoyMacDonald; Jan 8th, 2016 at 02:18.
RoyMacDonald is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to RoyMacDonald For This Useful Post:
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 07:05.


Powered by vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.