Volvo’s flagship S80 sedan rushes into the 2015 model year with a brand-new engine and a 37-mpg highway rating, an impressive figure for an automaker that has never sold a gas-powered car with a rating higher than 30 mpg.
While otherwise a carry over from its 2014 refresh, the 2015 S80 T5 Drive-E is an all-new base trim that delivers an EPA-estimated 25 mpg city and 37 mpg highway, up from the base 3.2 model’s 20/29 for 2014. (Interestingly, Volvo cites the same EPA rating for the lighter 2015 S60 and V60 T5 Drive-E.) The new powertrain and commensurate jump in fuel economy tacks on $610 to the 2015 S80, for a new base price of $41,425.
In the front-wheel-drive T5 Drive-E, the 3.2-liter 240-hp inline-six is ushered out by a 2.0-liter turbocharged and direct-injected inline-four that makes the same power but tacks on 22 lb-ft more torque. Like all 2015 Volvo Drive-E models, the S80 T5 Drive-E has an eight-speed automatic transmission; automatic stop-start; brake-energy recuperation; and a selectable Eco driving mode that turns off the air conditioning and lets the engine coast during off-throttle driving situations at speeds greater than 40 mph.
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The all-wheel drive S80 T6 AWD, at $44,875, returns with the turbocharged 300-hp 3.0-liter inline-six and six-speed automatic. Fuel economy, however, improves from the 2014 model’s 18/25 rating to a more respectable 19/28.
Clifford Atiyeh is a reporter and photographer for Car and Driver, specializing in business, government, and litigation news. He is president of the New England Motor Press Association and committed to saving both manuals and old Volvos.
