Good evening .Located in Sibiu-Romania,50yo,willing to buy an Volvo xc70(year 2003-2007).We have 2 cars,one Mb c220 cdi,year 2000,and the second car-A3 tdi quattro,year 2002,both diesel and manual gearbox.We buyed a little house in the forest,and we need a higher awd car.I have two questions,please.First question,should i buy the 163ps diesel engine or the newest 185 ps diesel engine?The second question is better manual gearbox or the automatic gearbox?I am tempted to buy manual gearbox,less surprises i think.Meanwhile greetings from Romania.
The different between the D5/163 and the D5/185 is that the 163 is a bit cheaper to drive. I read that the D5/163 only takes (swedish 0,45 liter / milen ). The D5/185 is a bit cheaper in tax here in Sweden.
The information i could share is if you compare the owners of automatic or manual gearbox is that they prefer manual transmission because they save a bit of fuel.
On the whole, it is not so much to compare between these. But you can save a bit of fuel and tax money
God Jul på er alla. Har skruvat bil idag, kan inte komma ihåg vart fästet med förgreningen till värmarkabeln satt på baksidan motorn. Känns som jag får grubbla till nyår. Det är volvos original bile