2006 Volvo S60 T5 Review - A Flawed Beast 

My friend had one of these. It was tuned to 300hp and had also suspension upgrades/lowered, a straight pipe and an R-bodykit. It was a fun car that suprised many and also looked awesome.

I own a 2006 Volvo S60 2.5T AWD, great automobile reliable and fast, Volvo for life

I own a m66 t5 with only 57.000km, great car looks sexy, sounds awesome, even stock and has capability of making 350-380hp very safely with a little upgrades. I hope to own this car coming 20 years lol definitely a sleeper aswel

I own the manual version of this, and you're right about everything here. Same colour 452. 274,000 kilometres right now. Bought it at 62800, 8 years ago.

You can make a few small 5 minute mods to make the car feel much more modern. 1. Get a CFE (Canbus function extender). Takes a while to set it up, but you can read GPS speed, boost, mixture, oil temp, etc. on the little display. This also allows for remote preheat, opening/closing windows, automatically heating seats under certain temperatures, foglight corner/steering lighting, mirror assist for reversing, and much much more. All the listed possibilities are a few pages long! 2. put PU bushings in the front two subframe mounts. That is probably the biggest improvement you can make. The regular ones are very soft, causing the understeer/unsettling issue. Dont put them on the rear subframe mounts though, because they'll make your dash chatter with every little crack in the road. 3. Adjust/shave the steering angle limiters to your wheel's spec. The angle limiters are very conservative, especially if you have something like a 225/30/18 wheel. If you have spacers mounted you sometimes can get away with using the limiters meant for the 16" wheels. Quite a significant gain to be had there. For the noise, standard windows were kinda noisy. If you can find them, the heavier double layer windows kill a lot of sound. Also, check if the steering column seal near the pedals is seated correctly. Many people undo the seal because you get a lot more turbo noise.

Nice vid Dan! I love my 2007 T5 with its M66 Spaceball (I converted it from leather assembly top Spaceball) for its weirdness, its power and the sound. Never ever will they make such unperfect cars again which are capable of putting such big smiles on your face. Never ever will they make such gorgeous engines anymore... I am so glad I got mine and I will keep it, even If its just a loud old crappy car to most people... In my world its a unicorn .

I drive a 2.4 without Turo. You are hittiing many points. Yes, it is like a living romm and I love it. It is old but with a Smartphone and Bluetooth to Aux adapter this isn't an issue. The suspension is awful, therefor I will change mine next month to a KW V2. I believe that the bad response and bad corner grip will be gone. Enginesound is simply natural and awesome, I love it. The turning circle is huge but I wouldn't say it makes me avoiding places. Since this my first car, I needed some time to learn parking but know this is easy. If you learned it with an S60, you can do it with every car. Driving this car in the black forest makes so much fun. Of course you have to shift late, to enjoy as much as possible from the engine. The brakes, as mentioned, aren't bad but could be a little more powerful. After 50k kilometers they are stil in good shape and can go for another 30-50k.

It is really cool to be fair to it. Certainly characterful! Definitely an experience in it's own right and one you'll remember. Agree on the GS300 comments obviously having had 3 of them! (one of them yours!)

I got a 2006 s60 t5, 6 speed manual (m66) . It always surprise me how fast it is and specially on the high way.

I hv one, probably the only one still in showroom condition here in Malaysia - Bought in 2012 and still as good as when I first got him, even with all the flaws U mentioned which I consider just nitpicking :p

I've owned the 2007 version of this car for 15 years now. I can't seem to let it go and get a new car. The turning radius and understeer is also a sore spot for me too, but you learn to drive better with those limitations :D All in all, such a great car.

I got S60 T5 m66 gearbox, I love it.

I own V70 T5 manual with top trim, great car, still running strong. I love it. Greetings from Latvia ;) btw yeah, T5's, especially manual are very hard to find.

I was thinking of changing to something like this since I'm changing jobs soon which is 2 miles away so won't need a diesel anymore

Awesome car and video Dan. I remember wanting one of these with the 2.0L engine but then the road tax changes came in and made them 615 a year :(

The manuals are very fun!

Great car the early S60 T5 with the high compression turbo. Far more reliable and nicer to drive them Audi, BMW, Volkswagen

Awesome car

Abit of a sleeper

How is the economy on this car?

About how much would 1 cost i want 1 myself

I think that the backseat space is terrible too

Sleeper

Have a great day God’s love you

23 mpg is fine fpr 250 PS

fwd so a no-no from me...

I have a 2007 V70 2.4 T5 and i know what you mean, when it lets go it lets go but its still controllable if you let off. My car is a manual though. 28mpg average and i beat it.

I'd be interested if your selling it 👍

Great video Dan! Random Q do I follow you on twitter? I feel like ive seen this car on there...