Sweden is, by percentage, one of the countries that uses more ethanol on their vehicles. That's why the Swedish marques have a broad range of models using flex-fuel powertrains.

Today, Volvo has announced that during the first half of 2008, a five-cylinder 2.5-litre turbocharged flex-fuel engine with a power output of 200 hp will be introduced in the Volvo V70 and S80. Both models will also be available with a 2-litre flex-fuel engine.

Therefore, Volvo's range of flex-fuel vehicles completes up to 5 models, C30, S40, V50, V70 and S80 (no sexy C70?) and the range of motors will include 3 offerings: the new 2.5 I-5, the 2.0 I-4 good for 145 hp and 185 Nm (137 lb/ft) of torque, and a 1.8 (which is also used in Ford) with 125 hp and 165 Nm (122 lb/ft) of torque.

Fuel consumption (EU combined) when running on E85 is 10.3 l/100 km or 23 MPG (C30 1.8F), 10.4 l/100 km or 23 MPG (S40 1.8F and V50 1.8F), 11.6 l/100 km, or 20 MPG (V70 2.0F) and 11.3 l/100 km or 23 MPG (S80 2.0F).

Full press release after the jump.