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Fantastic Volvo S60 T6
atlas4, 08/05/2011
2012 Volvo S60 T6 4dr Sedan AWD (3.0L 6cyl Turbo 6A)
9 of 10 people found this review helpful
Purchased the Volvo 2012 S60 T6 after owning a 2011 BMW 328i for 13 months (bought in June 2010). I can say the Volvo beats the BMW in every area. The S60 is a very fun car to drive, the interior is very comfortable well layed out and easy to use. The safety features are first rate. We test drove both the T5 and T6 but like the T6 much better, it just has a better feel on the road and the T6 is much more smoother than the T5. This is a great car for the value, with many items that come standard vs. others like BMW and Audi. Engine uses regular and the 5 year/50,000 mile maintenance care is excellent. I highly recommend this car.
2012 Volvo S60 T-5
danf7, 12/26/2011
2012 Volvo S60 T5 4dr Sedan (2.5L 5cyl Turbo 6A)
9 of 10 people found this review helpful
The sign and drive offer coupled with covered maintenance made this car an exceptional lease value. I was also looking at A4, Acura TSX and the Hyundai Genesis Coupe but the horsepower, torque and features of the S60 far outweighed the competition. The car is fast especially in Sport mode. The Blind Spot Information System and City Safety are nice features and lowered my insurance! Ride is fairly quiet and comfortable. Steering with the Touring Chassis could be tighter. (The Dynamic Chassis may have addressed this issued but I didn't want to spend extra money.) Volvo Sensus is excellent and integrates well with my ipod and phone. A great entry level luxury sports car for the money.
Sounding Off!
Robert Pagano, 04/27/2015
2012 Volvo S60 T6 4dr Sedan AWD (3.0L 6cyl Turbo 6A)
11 of 13 people found this review helpful
Bought this S60 AWD new. Absolutely love the handling and ride..good gas mileage and safety features. Cannot stand the center console sound system. Have had it replaced once and it still doesn't work. AM reception - lousy at best. The entire system, including the phone, just shuts down at random. Push FM button and get AM or nothing. Push phone button and get radio. Have complained and been told as recently as two weeks ago that they had to replace the system for the newer models because the '12's thru '14's were so bad. Leather seats also wore out after 20K miles
OMG, the most perfect car ever!
Mike Rainone, 06/12/2019
updated 06/13/2022
2012 Volvo S60 T6 R-Design 4dr Sedan AWD (3.0L 6cyl Turbo 6A)
7 of 8 people found this review helpful
We picked Borky up in Gothenburg in the fall of 2012 and have put 183,000 miles on it with one set of front brakes only, and a minor hassle with poor acceleration from our mechanic putting non-iridium plug in it. Once the plugs were replace with OEM Volvo plugs it ran as always, like a watch. It will out run many BMWs and is amazingly stable on the road. The ONLY complaint is that given the stiff suspension and the low profile tires it goes through tires like a banshee. I have tried every tire from Michelin to the low end Chinese brands and it seems to make no difference, so I have given up and get the cheapest Z rated tires with a 40K warranty. Here is the kicker: I probably won't buy another new Volvo, but if I do, it will only because we would like to do another European delivery. I don't like the 4 cylinder engines, and the reports suggest that as expected, too much work is being done from too small of a displacement over the long hall especially with the high boost that they are using. So, the reason I am on this site is that I am going to buy another early version (up to 2104) S 60 R Design, but I intend to keep and blueprint Borky as well when he breaks (which he may never do!) Update. The S60 R-Design is still running great, at 192,000 miles, the only change is that we have signed up to buy a V90 using European Delivery in the spring. We test drove the 2019 model V90 R-design and I must admit the thing accelerates like a bat out of hell. I still worry about the amount of work the 4 cylinder is doing, but it is my wife's car and she does not abuse a car like I do. We have a 2009 2.5 S60 that she drive and it has 160,000 miles and still run perfectly so I am fairly sure the V90 will last a long time. To this day, I cannot understand why more people don't do the European Delivery program. Perhaps they are afraid of driving in Europe, but given the price reduction +/- 7%, the free airline tickets to and from Europe, the fact that everything is taken care of for you, it is silly not to do this.
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Alan Richards, 06/30/2016
updated 07/03/2019
2012 Volvo S60 T5 4dr Sedan (2.5L 5cyl Turbo 6A)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
We bought our Volvo primarily as an around town car, now we use it for road trips too and are very satisfied. Safety was my #1 criteria and this is the safest. We've had no problems and get better mpg than expected. We’ve now moved to the foothills of Mt Hood and this is a great car for navigating the windy roads. The car seems to feel at home and our mpg has gone up a little.
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