Used 2006 Volvo V70 R for Sale near Houston, TX

What an awesome and good looking wagon. It was available with manual transmission. Mine has been dead reliable. The only drawback is the turning radius --- but, seriously, that's not a big issue for someone looking for a stealth speed wagon.

Not as fast as I thought is what I really mean. Quick don't get me wrong, but not as fast as the R badge makes it sound. Otherwise very practical and solid.

Overall, this is a nice family car. We purchased this car due to Volvo's safety record, but the performance and handling makes this car more than your traditional family Volvo Wagon. In utilizing the Advanced setting, the suspension and transmission are truly responsive, but the car tends to "plow" (under steer) upon entering hard turns. This problem became substantially better after changing from the OEM tires to harder sidewall tires. We have had several minor items come up, but these have been fixed under warranty, although I am not happy with some of the build quality items. (Plastic feeling, not solid.) I like the styling of the car, although the front bottom lip of the spoiler tends to get stuck on parking bumpers, and we once "removed" the entire front bumper cover on one of these parking bumpers. (This has since been fixed by using metal tec screws.) Gas mileage is extremely poor for a family wagon - 16-21 mpg, (City/Highway) but I do have a heavy right foot, so that may help perpetuate that particular problem...... In short, it is a nice family wagon, with some extra pep when you want to have some fun.

Performance- stock this car was great, power was always available, no real turbo lag issues off the line but sometimes power was not there in the mod range, with bsr custom ecu and filter 50 more hp was added and made the car 10 times better handling was incredible with the 4-c adjustable suspension, braking was throw you through the window good with the 4 piston brembos in all four corners and upgraded viva performance drilled rotors and pads Build Quality- interior and exterior held up well, no squeaks or rattles, suspension began to ride harder over time though. Engine had a lot of reliabaility issues, turbo pipe constantly cracked, radiator was always dropping out (had to replace three times) and the a/c gave up the ghost. Cost of Ownership- as always with a foreign car, repairs are costly. The car seemed to start having issues after the waranty let up so reapirs were extremely expensive at times. MPG was abou 18, which was good considering the spirited driving Fun Factor- despite the reilability issues, this car was a 10 for fun , had a ball with it

....and at £25k wasn't bad either.