yeah - AWD obviously has a great deal of friction. The 940 Sport has the 2.3 HPT engine and is a beast which can give a 960 a run for it's money (provided of course, you can keep it on the road!) The mondeo I had was a Ghia X V6 and despite being a mondeo handled very very well indeed and was very quick. BUt the fuel consumption was nasty even when compared to the volvos in my fleet.