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When you think of great five cylinder engines
The Focus RS immediate comes to mind
as it should
That engine is born in a Volvo
The 850 T5..
As you can see this car is green..
.. Focus RS green
Heico chose this color with a reason
Because that Focus RS engine should be in a Volvo
So they built this V40 HPC
And it's as sweet as it looks!
As I said, it's built by Heico
HPC stands for Heico Performance Car
Heico is founded in 1995
In Germany
By the owner of a Volvo dealership
When they built a race car
based on the 850
They got many requests for parts by customers
like the exhaust and suspension
They wanted that on their roadcars
So the market for Volvo performance parts was born
So they built fast Volvo's
The tuning of Volvo's especially
The tuning of this car is very welcome
The T5 as standard is pretty modest
Almost docile..
You really feel that the T5 has more to offer..
And that potential is now fully used
The tuning is quite extensive
It's not a simple remap
And it really brings this car to life!
That engine deserves this treatment..
So it's a 5 cylinder with a nice Turbo
It has 320 HP, 510 NM
0-100 takes 5.6 seconds
And it's equipped with the Speed Pack
So it now has a top speed of 265 km/h
And they modified the exhaust
Which truly is..
magnificent!
I dare to say that this is one of the best sounding 5 cylinders!
Which can be opened by this button..
When it's green the exhaust is closed
When blue, the valves are open
It just sounds so brutal
Loud and hard
With a great blowing sound
It's like the MTM Audi TT-RS and the Focus RS500 have combined their exhaust sounds
But then 5 times louder
When driving here through these woods..
The sound is echoed by the trees and their leafs
The car can be heard from miles away!
You then hear that great screaming sound!
It just sounds..
Let's just switch to some footage from outside the car!
To stop this violent car..
They fitted these enormous brakes
With 6 piston brake calipers
They are really big
accompanied by 19 inch rims
This car positions itself among the extreme hothatches
The S3, the M135i..
A45 AMG..
Which are great cars!
The A45 is very very fast
Probably faster than this one
But..
It's all a bit composed or restrained..
A bit..
Let's just say they aren't as special..
This is really special and you won't see it a second time!
The sound of the exhaust and turbo ..
They both blow and hiss..
When you get of the gas pedal there's another great sound!
Those little sounds are just awesome!
All of those things really make this car something truly unique!