Volvo is launching a roomier, higher-technology together with much to a greater extent than upmarket replacement for the V60 estate at side yesteryear side month’s Geneva motor show.
Due on roads inward September, the novel load-lugger shares its SPA (Scalable Product Platform) with Volvo’s electrical flow crop of novel cars together with SUVs, together with volition hold upwards a highly competitive model inward a shape currently dominated yesteryear the Audi A4 Avant together with BMW 3 Series Touring.
At 4761mm long, the novel V60 is 117mm longer than its XC60 platform twin. It sits on a 2872mm wheelbase that's 98mm longer than the XC60's.
These roomy dimensions gear upwards the V60 the biggest machine inward its class. Volvo has increased both rider together with luggage infinite considerably from the outgoing V60, an eight-year-old blueprint loosely based on a Ford platform that's to a greater extent than than a decade old.
Luggage book at nowadays stands at 529 litres to the drinking glass work with the bring upwards seats up, 841 litres to the glass work with seats downwards and 1364 to the roof with seats down. The start figure puts the V60 ahead of the Audi A4, BMW 3-Series together with Mercedes-Benz C-Class inward this regard - all fundamental rivals with the car's novel £31,810 price point.
Boot book has been prioritised to satisfy need from family customers who want plenty of room for parental paraphernalia together with lifestyle equipment.
Capacity is said to hold upwards class-leading, meaning it is expected to be bigger than the Audi A4 Avant’s 500/1505 litres (with seats upwards together with down).
This priority for boot volume marks a important blueprint alter from the V90, which ceded maximum loading infinite to the Mercedes-Benz E-Class inward favour of limousine levels of bring upwards knee articulation room.
Owners of the existing V60 – itself a dramatic blueprint when it launched inward 2010 – volition straightaway recognise the higher-quality outside together with interior blueprint that follows the principles established with the V90 together with XC60.
With fourth dimension to develop details such equally the crisp shoulder together with the bigger proportions, the novel V60 may good hold upwards the best-resolved nevertheless of all Thomas Ingenlath’s attractive creations.
The roofline, for example, inclines with a sportier taper towards the bring upwards hatch, whereas the V90 takes a to a greater extent than parallel work to completion.
More deeply sculpted trunk sides add together drama to a shape that’s otherwise unmistakably modern Volvo.
Inside, the fascia, musical instrument panel and centre-console touchscreen are pure XC60 together with a vast improvement on the outgoing model.
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At launch, Volvo volition unveil a attain of 5 engines – 2 diesels, ane petrol together with 2 plug-in hybrids.
Four are confirmed for the UK: the D3 together with D4 diesels, with expected ability outputs of 148bhp together with 187bhp respectively; the 242bhp T5 petrol; together with a T8 Twin Engine plug-in with 385bhp – that’s 17bhp less than inward the XC60.
The 335bhp T6 Twin Engine plug-in volition bring together the UK lineup - a start for Volvo inward the UK - later, with the T4 petrol.
Volvo says it has “no current plans” to innovate an entry-level 118bhp D2 diesel, although sense suggests such a model mightiness come upwards inward 2 to 3 years' time.
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The same arsenal of driver assistance systems offered on other Volvo models will be available on the novel V60, including City Safe with Autobrake, Pilot Assist semi-autonomous driving at upwards to 81mph, 2 collision warning systems together with cross-traffic alert.
Reflecting the important measuring upwards inward applied scientific discipline production character together with equipment levels, prices for the novel machine get got risen considerably over the outgoing V60's £24,145 starting price. Volvo sold but about 3000 V60s inward the UK final twelvemonth - 4.3% of the marketplace - although it's expected that Volvo is aiming for a larger spell of sales with the novel model.
Buyers volition at nowadays quest £31,810 for a novel V60, but that does at to the lowest degree exit the machine competitive against the High German competition, together with Volvo insists that the V60 volition offering to a greater extent than equipment for the money. Expect the cost to rising inward a higher house £55k for the bells-and-whistles T8 plug-in, together with deliveries for start cars to come upwards inward September
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Source : autocar