In what is sure to be good news to Volvo drivers everywhere, we are proud to announce that Volvo Car Group is starting production on the first engine variants in the new, high-efficiency four-cylinder engine family. These new Volvo engines will be smaller and more optimized to deliver higher performance than the current six-cylinder engines. At the same time, they are designed to offer lower fuel consumption than the current generation of four-cylinder units.
Derek Crabb, Vice President Powertrain Engineering, spoke of the new engine production by saying:
"This marks a milestone in Volvo Cars' history. With our new engine family we are focusing on two additional vital properties - driving pleasure and fuel efficiency."
He went on to explain:
"During the development of VEA the starting point was our customers and what we wanted to offer them in regard to good fuel economy, low environmental impact and immense driving pleasure at an attractive price. At the same time, however, it's also about the fact that Volvo Cars gets a sound basis for developing future-generation technologies featuring fuel economy of absolute world class."
All of us here at Fields Volvo Northfield, one of your trusted local Volvo dealerships, are very excited for these upcoming engine changes and hope you are as well. For more information on this or other Volvo news, come in and see us here at the store.