Volvo V70 MPG

Its best-rated version reaches 22 MPG combined in 2000 and 2003–2007, the V70 FWD. Its weakest year peaked at 19 MPG (2008).

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714.3 gal

a year at 15,000 miles for the best 2010 version, the V70 FWD. Put it next to its 1998 predecessor, at your own mileage.

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The Volvo V70 has EPA ratings for 13 model years, 1998–2010, every one of them among midsize station wagons. Its best version ranked fourth (tied) of 12 midsize station wagons in 2003, behind the class leader, the Ford Focus, and it placed in its class top five in eight model years. In 1999 the most efficient version of the V70 still placed fifth from the bottom of 10 midsize station wagons, where the Audi A6 rated lowest.

That run of rated years is the fourth longest among 64 station wagon nameplates on this site. Averaged over 1999–2003, its best version placed fifth of 11 among midsize station wagons rated at least three years in that span.

Where the engine list turned over

2008
New: 3.2-liter 6-cylinder. Best rating 22 → 19 MPG.

All 13 model years, best and lowest version

Model years	Best version	Combined	City / hwy	Lowest version	Versions
2010	V70 FWD	21	18 / 27	21	1
2009	V70 FWD	20	16 / 25	20	1
2008	V70 FWD	19	16 / 24	19	1
2006–2007	V70 FWD	22	19 / 27	18	9
2005	V70 FWD	22	19 / 27	18	8
2004	V70 FWD	22	19 / 28	19	8
2003	V70 FWD	22	19 / 28	19	6
2002	V70 FWD	21	19 / 26	20	6
2001	V70 FWD	21	19 / 26	19	7
2000	V70 FWD	22	19 / 26	18	7
1999	V70 FWD	21	19 / 26	19	7
1998	V70 FWD	21	18 / 27	19	7

Version names in the EPA list: V70 AWD, V70 FWD, V70 R AWD.