The Volvo DRIVe cars line is categorized into three, according to the three emission levels.

The first category is the 120 g level. The Volvo S40, C30 and V50 1.6d DRIVe will be equipped with the Start/Stop function this spring 2009. The Volvo 1.6D can produce 109 horsepower and a torque of 177 pound-feet. This feature aids in lowering the emissions up to 107 Gco2/km for the S40 and V50 models, and 104 Gco2/km for the Volvo C30.

The next emission level is the 140 g level. Volvo V70 and S80 are now featured with the DRIVe editions. The vehicles are still furnished with 1.6-liter engine configuration and manual gearbox. The optimized engine unit helps a lot on the Volvo’s large scale sedans to trim down fuel consumption and emissions of CO2.

The last category is the 160 g level. For the 2010 model, the latest Volvo XC60 crossover and XC70 adventure estate will be developed with an additional front-wheel drive DRIVe edition, fueled up with 2.4D engine. 2.4D engines deliver a maximum amount of 175 hp and 420 torque. Both cars have CO2 emissions of 159 g/km and with a fuel consumption of 6.0 L/100 km.

Also, latest automatic transmissions will be more effective in the upcoming versions for the next two years.