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Volvo has now replaced the engines in all of its front-wheel drive models with Drive-E powerplants, the new, EU6-compliant, four-cylinder petrol and diesel motors. Oddly enough, a new 1.5-litre Drive-E unit has been introduced too, but don't get your hopes up - it's not Volvo's three-cylinder lump... yet.
Following on from more powerful, 2.0-litre T5/T5 AWD and D4 Drive-E units that have already seen service in Volvo's passenger cars, now we get T2 and T3 petrols, plus D2 and D3 diesels.
Volvo has also taken the time to update almost its whole range for the 2016 model year, so there are some new colours, new alloy wheel designs, a few bits of extra kit and a whole range of Drive-E-equipped cars that emit between 94- and 124g/km CO2, making the line-up frugal and green.
Additionally, the V60 plug-in hybrid gets a rebranding to become the D6 Twin Engine, with the five-cylinder diesel's power up 5hp to 220hp, while said venerable old five-pot turbodiesel gets similar modest power hikes in other models, like the XC60 and XC70. D4 Drive-E engines are also uprated from 181- to 190hp for MY2016.
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The one car (understandably) not involved in any updates is the new XC90, which is powered entirely by Drive-E engines anyway; given it is the first Volvo to be built on the Scalable Product Architecture chassis.