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of es tates capable of swallowing a super­ tanker an d polishing off a q u ar te r of a million miles while h ardly breaking in to a sweat. On the other hand, top- notch diesel engines have


never really been the ^ Swedish manufacturer’s forte. Volvo looks to have rectified this last over­ sight with the V70 D5


diesel range. Of course, we have seen


Volvo diesels in the past,


. but they have never been state-of-the-art. In fact,


they have never actually been Volvo units, sourced instead from other manu­ facturers such as Renault. Two factors have forced


the Swedish company to act. With rising fuel prices and a public perception of Volvos being thirsty cars, sales of its V70 estates had


started to slump. The second factor was


the consequent rise in sales


of diesel cars in this sector. An increasing proportion of sales are being won by


diesel cars, due in no small part to the excellence of the best diesel engines around


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Volvo looked long and hardatthesectorand


realised that BMW, Audi. and Mercedes were all mak­ ing excellent diesel units


and, not wishing to be left behind, it embarked on a programme* to punch their weight in the diesel market


place. Volvo has come up with


an engine that looks to have nailed the bull’s-eye


“ S S K S . 2.4-litre, all-aluminium five-cylinder __ftioTiR has received


cope with the torque load- ing and stresses of a diesel unit and Volvo seems to have got things admirably right first time. Talking torque, the Db


generates a healthy 340Nm at just 1,750 r.p.m., which is more than a 250 b.h.p. T5 petrol unit and only lONm less than the larger-engined BMW 525d Touring. Unleashing all 163 b.h.p.


• although a bit of a hole exists at the bottom end.


is certainly an impressive exercise, as unlike so many diesel engines, there is a useable amount of flexibili­ ty to be had near the top end of the rev. band,


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Willow, Lightstone Leather, 46,000 miles.... .......- .... 96 N RANGE ROVER 2.5 DT AUTO


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S S T t s A O ^ S o o miles..........,1 5 9 9 5 98 S DISCOVERY TDiES AUTO


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99 T FREELANDER 1.8 XEi STATION WAGON 98RFR°ee1


<?irie SteDS F.S.H., 34,000 miles


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Side Steps, Lamp uuuius, .............. “ , , 01 Y DISCOVERY TD5 E SE Java Black,


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all-aluminium engine, the D5 has received additional strengthening to


So, a diesel which revs


like a decent petrol engine and sounds like one, too. Does it have the perfor­


mance to match? To be frank, no it does not. Those


chaps at Volvo may be clever, but they cannot manage the impossible,


nvnraee economy figure. in n v < u uo o ^


jn the V70 D5 s 44 m.p.g. av rage economy figure. Still a sprint to 60 m.p.h.


in 9.8 seconds is hardly lethargic and a top speed of


130 m.p.h. will be enough for all but the most speed-


addled. Safety? Take top-specifi­


cation for granted; this is a Volvo, after all. From previ­ ous models you get SIPS side impact protection, WHIPS whiplash protec­ tion, an inflatable curtain of head-level side airbags and


the DSTC anti-skid system. With the V70 comes


dual-stage airbag inflation (determined by impact


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Sparkling CV gets ■


job done by Andy EnrightT


TTH construction sites often rescm-


. . bling bottomless


quagmires, it can often pay to have a four-wheel drive commercial vehicle with the clout to turn a mudbath into


a walk in the park. Mitsubishi’s Shogun Commercial Vehicle is easily capable of delivering the goods when the going gets gloopy, and has a range of other attractions beside. Anybody who has worked


outside will know that the British weather can only be


severity) and Isofix mount­ ings for the optional rear­ facing child seat to ensure correct fitting every time you install Junior. The D5 diesel puts the


big Volvo estate back on the map. While the V70 has always been an excellent car, its relevance was start­ ing to be called into ques­ tion. Here is an estate that reminds us how Volvo came


to become a byword for la r g e lo a d lu g g e r s .


relied on to be utterly unpredictable. Land can go from dustbowl to swamp in minutes with our familiar summer weather, and haul­ ing a load across a muddy


site by hand is nobody’s idea of productivity. Likewise, for applications


such as forestry support or farming, the Shogun CV comes into its own. Based on the 3.2-litre DI-


D Shogun Classic, the CV boasts a modern direct injection diesel engine which is good for 162 b.h.p. More importantly, there is the small matter of 2751b/ft


Ml


of torque delivered at a sub­ sonic 2000 r.p.m. This huge torque gives the Shogun enormous lugging power, making it seem impervious


to full or empty loading bays, trailers, mud pools or anything you can throw at it. Just over 11 seconds of


your day will be accounted for by the CV’s acceleration


to 60 m.p.h., while a top speed of 106 m.p.h. is pretty much guaranteed to get the


good there on time. The clincher is an average


fuel consumption figure of 29.1 m.p.g., which is incredi­ ble given the vehicle’s power, weight and speed. The Shogun CV also ben­


efits from improved refine­ ment, with little of the rear end drumming which usual­ ly typifies van conversions On the road, the optional


adaptive five-speed auto­ matic gearbox is one of the


CV’s best features, smooth in its changes and endowed with the ability to learn your driving style and adapt accordingly. The recirculat­ ing ball steering system is commendably direct too, while tough multi-link sus­ pension improves the ride. Loading capacity is, as


you would expect, cav­ ernous. A cargo capacity of 1,651 litres will be enough for most odd-jobs and with a payload capacity of 500kgs, you will be able to put a few bags of sand,


Shogun CV can handle any­ thing up to 2,800kg, easily encompassing decently- sized caravans, reasonably sized boats and most car


transporters. As with all Mitsubishi


commercial vehicles, the Shogun CV comes with a three-year/100,000 mileage warranty, a six-year anti­ corrosion perforation w ar­ rant}’ and three-year pan- European recovery service: Add that to likely strong


sheep or tree stumps in the back of a Shogun CV before


it waves the white flag. The load area measures


1,290mm x 1,090mm x 1,030mm and the lack of intrusion from the wheel arches gives a decent amount of usable fioor


space. If you need to tow, the


resale values and the brand image and the Shogun CV should find a ready market in the UK. If you decide to buy one, why not buck the trend, lake it off road and actually put its Shogun her­ itage to the lest. You will get a kick out of what it can do. A vehicle that doubles up


for work and play? It makes the £17,995 sticker price look ridiculously tempting.


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the market for an Audi A4 or a BMW 3 Series, has MG Rover bitten off more than it can chew? The results are genuinely sur­


prising.Turning the car that was once famously described as a “wheeled Werther’s Origi­ nal” into something that will ring the bells of thrust­ ing twenty and thirtysome-


things was going to take


quite a piece of work. MG Rover started at a


considerable disadvantage in not having a clean sheet of paper to work from. It has got the Rover 75 as a basis and has to make a


decent fist of it. I t is a bit like being pre­


sented wituh Kenneth Clarke and being expected a i


to train him into an Olympian pole-vaulter.


You would be facing a


heavy uphill task. Therefore it comes as


something of a surprise to


witness the automotive equivalent of big Ken sail­


ing over the six-metre bar. Plans for the ZT range


are nothing if not ambi­ tious. When all the oily bits


have been fully fettled we will have a range that con­ sists of Entry, Core, Ul ti­ mate and publicity-only Extreme versions. _ The current ZT 160 and


ZT190 front-wheel drive models comprise the Entry group. Core rear wheel drive models will also be available


in due course, necessitating a significant reworking ot the Rover 75 platfonn, and


will be offered in 160 b.h.p., 1 9 0 b .h .p . a n d - 2 6 0 b .h .p .


versions. • The Ultimate pr°du£“ _


line will consist of the 375


ues into something that The ZT160 rides on 18m. — i r—„«r,io in Hairpin alloys with spokes


1 HE Rover 75 - what images does it con-


n e e d for tweed! by Andy EnrightT


b.h.p. rear-wheel drive MG ZT 375, a car that looks set


to make BMW M3 drivers feel slightly inadequate The ZT160 and ZT190


models are most easily dis-


Hairpin alloys wiui resembling delicate tuning forks, while the ZT190 goes for the Straights multi­


spoke design. A firm ride is served up,


courtesy of the low-profile Michelin Pilot Sport tyres, but when the full extent of


the modifications become a p p a r e n t i t i s a w o n d e r


that passengers do not emerge with shattered teeth, blurred vision and


internal bleeding. The rubber mounts have


been removed from the front and rear subframes and replaced with mounts


made of a slightly less yielding material - solid


aluminium. The front and rear anti­


■ suspension arms now look like the propshaft of HMb Ark Royal.With the ZT-T estate


roll bars have been hugely reinforced and the meatier


version now on stream, there looks to be a decent


amount of choice for ZI buyers. Although neither


the ZT160 nor the 190 vari­ ant are devastatingly quick, they more than


make up any lack of out­ right speed in their sheer


fluidity.


They always feel big and heavy, but they have got


,, . , End of M65, Crown Way,


just enough baby Bentley in the genes to'differentiate themselves from the 3- |


Series/C-class/A4 main­ stream and position them­ selves as something a little


different. Hit, miss or maybe/


Given the choice between a ZT190+ in Anthracite over an equivalently priced 1M b.h.p. Mercedes CloU Clas sic, you do the deciding. Not that hard really, is it/


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