Downsizing now also involves the mechanical components. In implementing the engine 2.0 GTDi petrol engine, Volvo has in fact worked with Borg-Warner and Benteler Automotive (manufacturer of steel components) to complete the turbocharger smaller than the market in relation to power output. Miniaturization, a subject dear to the Oriental Engineering, also whets the Scandinavian peninsula, so long to propose a four-cylinder gasoline 1.999cm ³, 203 horsepower (at 6000 rpm) and 300Nm of maximum torque available already from 1750 rpm. This new unit is offered for the petrol S80, V70 and XC60.

Under the hood of the S80 with a manual transmission, the GTDi provides the best performance of the whole lot: 7.9 seconds in acceleration 0-100 km / h (+0.6 if equipped with automatic transmission), 7.9 liters per hundred kilometers consumed and emissions are to 184 grams of CO2. The V70 chases with minimal delay (8.3 seconds, 8.1 l/100 km, 189 g / km of CO2), while the XC60 is strongly affected by the Powershift six-speed automatic transmission: 9.6 seconds to reach sixty miles an hour, 8.6 liters required every one hundred kilometers of gasoline and 199 grams of CO2.

Featuring direct injection, with injectors (mounted sideways) to seven holes, 2.0 GTDi also has variable timing on both axes, so as to vary the opening times for both the intake valves that discharge. This option allows you to increase technical efficiency in the combustion process by ensuring quicker acceleration.