C/D TEST RESULTSThe one thing the future according to Volvo doesn't hold for us, apparently, is grins. Perhaps in keeping with the company's safety image, the S80 comes across as a solemn, sober car. With the exception of what happens when you tip into the twin-turbo "T6" engine, as on this top-of-the-line test car, there's not a lighthearted gesture to be found anywhere. Shades of charcoal cover the interior, interrupted only by a band of nicely finished woodgrain that circles most of the way around the passenger compartment. Except for the headliner, everything else is charcoal. Even the instruments are charcoal dials on a charcoal background, for heaven's sake. So relentless is the seriousness that a Mercedes E-class seems like 3500 pounds of giggles by comparison.
60 mph: 6.5 sec
100 mph: 16.7 sec
1/4-Mile: 14.9 sec @ 95 mph
130 mph: 31.2 sec
Rolling Start, 5–60 mph: 7.1 sec
Top Gear, 30–50 mph: 3.3 sec
Top Gear, 50–70 mph: 4.1 sec
Top Speed (gov ltd): 133 mph
Braking, 70–0 mph: 181 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft Skidpad: 0.81 g
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a6 ... hive-test/
I don't recall ever seeing a charcoal interior S80 T6, FWIW.
