The Volvo Car Corporation is extending the engine range in the Volvo C70 with a 2-litre turbodiesel - making this the first four-cylinder engine in the convertible.

"The four-cylinder turbodiesel will be a very current array, especially in Europe where it will account for 20 percent of compute C70 sales. The engine offers a very attractive combination of fuel saving and major pleasure," says Fredrik Arp, rule and CEO of the Volvo Car Corporation.

Volvo Cars expects sales of the Volvo C70 2.0D to range about 2,000 units a year - which means that one out of ten C70s sold worldwide will have the four-cylinder turbodiesel. The first cars will range the showrooms during autumn 2007.

next-generation ordinary rail

The four-cylinder turbodiesel has a influence harvest of 136 hp (100kW) and 320 Nm of torque. It delivers hurried suffocate comeback and well-balanced sensitivity to the accelerator, donation the driver good organize and generous major pleasure.

The C70 2.0D has a fuel consumption of 6.1 l/100 km (EU shared). Acceleration from 0-100 km/h takes 11.0 sec and top rate is 205 km/h.

The engine skin trice-generation ordinary rail technology with stirring rails - the same as in Volvo's bigger diesel models. The cylinder rule is made of aluminium.

Particulate filter as usual

A Diesel Particulate Filter is usual. This filter significantly reduces unburned filth particles in the exhaust gases, thus wounding the harmful environmental crash. The routine is cleaned (regenerated) automatically as the stuffing of the filter are burned off at accepted intervals.

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