Driving Impressions

Volvo's smallest wagon is just as refined and tightly built as the bigger V70, if a bit snug inside. Performance is a strong point with the turbocharged model, but the T5's ride can get rough on harsher surfaces and a little jittery even when rolling through moderate imperfections. The T5's manual gearbox operates easily, and Volvo's automatic operates smoothly. An all-wheel-drive V50 behaved admirably on snow and ice.
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Rear control panel with headphone sockets
Headphones with an impedance of
16 – 32 ohm and sensitivity of 102 dB or higher
are recommended for best sound reproduction.
1 Volume control (right/left sides).
2 Scroll/search forward and ba ...
News - City Safety
City Safety is a new function, sensing if vehicles ahead are moving slower or
standing still. By measuring the car's speed and distance to the vehicle ahead,
City Safety is able to calculate the b ...
Recalibrating TPMS (Canadian models only)
In certain cases, it may be necessary to recalibrate
TPMS to conform to Volvo's recommended
tire inflation pressures (see the inflation pressure table on page 291), for
example,
if higher infl ...
