Benjamin Smith

John Horner wrote:

> Peter K L Milnes wrote:
>
>> All front-wheel drive cars have a larger turning circle than rear
>> wheel drive cars. 850 is FWD 740/940s etc are RWD.
>>
>> All the best, Peter.
>>
>
> The point is that Volvo went to great engineering lengths to minimize
> this on the 850 and kept the increase from the 240/740/940 to 850 at
> only one foot (32.5 -> 33.5). Then on the S60 they blew out over
> another another five feet to a final spec of 38.7 feet.
>

Is it because of the bigger tires? The s60 does hold the road well. It
may also has to do with how wide the car is vs. the overall length.

Ben

> John

Stephen Henning

Benjamin Smith <benjs@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> John Horner wrote:
>
> > Peter K L Milnes wrote:
> >> All front-wheel drive cars have a larger turning circle than rear
> >> wheel drive cars. 850 is FWD 740/940s etc are RWD.
> >
> > The point is that Volvo went to great engineering lengths to minimize
> > this on the 850 and kept the increase from the 240/740/940 to 850 at
> > only one foot (32.5 -> 33.5). Then on the S60 they blew out over
> > another another five feet to a final spec of 38.7 feet.
>
> Is it because of the bigger tires? The s60 does hold the road well. It
> may also has to do with how wide the car is vs. the overall length.

The S60 isn't any longer. Tire width is critical. The S60R has a 42.7
ft turning radius because of the tires. The S60T5 is only 39 ft.
--
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Paul_B

On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 21:07:08 -0500, Stephen Henning wrote:

> Benjamin Smith <benjs@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>> John Horner wrote:
>>
>>> Peter K L Milnes wrote:
>>>> All front-wheel drive cars have a larger turning circle than rear
>>>> wheel drive cars. 850 is FWD 740/940s etc are RWD.
>>>
>>> The point is that Volvo went to great engineering lengths to minimize
>>> this on the 850 and kept the increase from the 240/740/940 to 850 at
>>> only one foot (32.5 -> 33.5). Then on the S60 they blew out over
>>> another another five feet to a final spec of 38.7 feet.
>>
>> Is it because of the bigger tires? The s60 does hold the road well. It
>> may also has to do with how wide the car is vs. the overall length.
>
> The S60 isn't any longer. Tire width is critical. The S60R has a 42.7
> ft turning radius because of the tires. The S60T5 is only 39 ft.


Thanks for that interesting bit of info. the R is now totally out
of consideration. 39' is quite bad enough; even it is almost a
deal-killer.

Paul