Sydney show: Volvo reveals facelifted S80

Making its Aussie debut at the 2003 Sydney motor show was the updated S80 luxury car.

Externally, there is little to see apart from a square mesh grille in dark silver metallic along with a re-profiled lower air intake. At the rear, the bootlid is now in one piece, the tail-lights made smaller by use of LED brake lamps.

Internally, the S80 has sports style instrument dials, new door panels and handles, real wood trim panels, and a new three-spoke wooden sports style steering wheel.

The twin-turbo 200kW T6 now has German-engineered steering from ZF and can be ordered with the FOUR-C active chassis similar to the one found on the R cars. The S80 option gives the choice of comfort and sport settings.

Other additions are Bi-Xenon lights, 17-inch Stentor alloy wheels and rear park assist.

With the deletion of the 2.9, the T6 is the only S80 variant sold here now. The price remains at $98,950.