2002 Volvo S60 AWD  Greg Anderson 0112 Volvo S60 Awd 01
Rockport, Maine - Safety first, big guy. Your uncle's advice as
he slips you a package of Trojans before you head off for a
blind date also could be Volvo's admonition as it brings out its
new electronic all-wheel-drive system. That system made its
debut on the tantalizing Performance Concept Car, a
300-horsepower, electric-blue bombshell that was revealed at the
2000 Paris auto show.  But before it's touted as a performance
enhancer, the new all-wheel-drive system appears first as a mere
traction aid on the not-exactly-sporty mid-level S60 sedan. Here
it works with a 197-hp, 2.4-liter turbo five and a five-speed
manu-matic transmission.  The new electronically controlled all-
wheel-drive system differs from the passive system in the
current Cross Country in that instead of using a viscous
coupling to engage drive to the rear wheels, a computer-
controlled multi-plate clutch handles that task. Connected to
the car's Multiplex wiring system, the electronic