New Volvo XC90 leads the way
The all-new Volvo XC90 (below) is said to deliver on the company’s promise to introduce a visually striking, premium quality seven-seat SUV with world leading safety features, new powertrain technologies, an unrivalled combination of power and fuel efficiency and a top drawer interior finish.
The XC90 marks the beginning of a new chapter in Volvo’s history, capturing its future design direction, incorporating its own range of new technologies and utilising its new Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) technology.
The new XC90 will be the first of its cars to carry the company’s new more prominent iron mark, which has the iconic arrow elegantly aligned with the diagonal slash across the grille. Together with the T-shaped ‘Thor’s Hammer’ DRL lights, the iron mark introduces an entirely new, distinctive and confident face for Volvo’s forthcoming generation of cars.
Of course the XC90 is the first ground-up new machine Volvo has made since being taken over by the Chinese Geely corporation, so they really do need it to be a success.
The larger bonnet with its new topography, the beltline and the sharpened shoulders connecting with the tattoo-like, new rear lights are important design signatures that will be mirrored across the range.
On the engine front, the new XC90 offers a range of two-litre, four-cylinder Drive-E powertrains, all of which provide an outstanding combination of performance and fuel-efficiency.
The top of the range XC90 Twin Engine, which combines a two-litre, four-cylinder supercharged and turbocharged petrol engine with an electric motor, offers an unrivalled combination of power and clean operation: around 400 horsepower with carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of around 60 g/km (NEDC driving cycle).
The new car is said to offer the most comprehensive and technologically sophisticated standard safety package available.
No prices or specifications are yet available for the Irish market.
