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Volvo V60 range has a new star in the D4, which offers superb performance given its CO2 rating. The new Volvo V60 D4, featuring Volvos new four-cylinder DRIVe turbodiesel, an engine its maker says has a best-in-class combination of power and CO2 emissions. The new Volvo Engine Architecture family will be offered across Volvos 60, 70 and 80 model ranges, and will eventually spawn 2. 0-litre diesel variants developing between 120bhp and 230bhp. Much of the new engines efficiency and performance gains come from traditional measures, such as weight saving, as well as clever new advances. The new engine monitors pressure feedback from each fuel injector rather than using a single sensor in the common rail. Each injector monitors its own injection pressure to optimise fuel injection in each of the four cylinders, too. The development is so significant, says Volvo, that it warrants comparisons with its introduction of the lambda sensor in 1979.