Volvo restores its position at top table with new S90

THE resuscitation of Volvo as a premium brand has been a wondrous thing to observe. The breathing of new life into a massive business with a potentially life-threatening condition was never going to be an easy task, but it is something that the Swedish marque and its new Chinese partners have pulled off with some aplomb.

Over the last few months we have been waxing lyrical here at Examiner Motoring about this near-miracle achievement and lauding new product from the Sino-Swedish alliance such as the brilliant XC90, the pretty impressive S90 executive saloon, as well as the V90 estate derivative.

A new XC60 is shortly set to further add widespread appeal to the marque’s offerings as the whole Volvo model line-up now procreates at a ferocious rate — particularly so with the S90 where new and interesting options are being pushed out at an unbelievable rate and this week we get to try two of them.