Volvo XC60

Yep, it’s hot! I would throw my vote in for the Volvo XC60 being the sexiest SUV on the road. No overhang to speak of at the front or the rear, fluent lines incorporated with a high waistline, gorgeous xenon headlights, accentuated wheel arches with massive 20-inch wheels, aluminum scuff plates and a gently curving back end with matching curves for the tail lights ...this has to be the best visual package on any SUV or crossover vehicle, whatever you like to call it, ever!

 

Quality engineering on the outside and quality craftsmanship on the inside of the Volvo XC60 is what you can expect with this SUV. I’m delighted to inform you that there is “no cutting the corners” when it comes to providing the owner of a Volvo XC60 the best in materials and engineering.  Paramount satisfaction should be experienced in when owning the XC60 - the aim at Volvo headquarters.

 

The interior of a Volvo XC60 has the finest quality in automotive upholstery materials, and the very modern atmosphere inside the Volvo XC60 features a development of Volvo's iconic ultra-thin central console with a beautiful white surface. The fascia is angled towards the driver and has touch-sensitive buttons and controls which are smoothly set into the central console’s surface. Apparently, the sliding controls for the gear selector were inspired by those found on mixer-tables in recording studios.

 

The first Volvo XC60s are planned to arrive in Australia at the beginning of 2009. Luxury items for the big Volvo will be made known closer to the time. In Europe, the Volvo XC60 will have an impressive turbocharged 3.0-litre T6 engine producing 212kW of power which, on paper, looks like it will ruffle some feathers on the respected BMW X3 and Land Rover Freelander. Good, I say! Some healthy diesel engines will also be provided in the European marketed Volvo XC60s. These diesels will have 138 and 122 kW, respectively.

 

The Volvo XC60 boasts the latest in automotive safety, making it the safest Volvo yet.  One of the new safety features on the Volvo XC60 is the magnificent “wish I had one in my car” City Safety systems, which includes the ability to evade or reduce the effects of low-speed impacts through automatic braking if the system senses the car is about to drive into the vehicle situated in front of you. This makes an awful lot of sense when you take into account what Volvo Australia’s public affairs manager Laurissa Mirabelli states.  She said that Volvo “… research shows that 75 per cent of crashes occur under 30km/h”.  And if you live in a place like I do, where the traffic builds up outside, and where frequent rear ending occurs, your thoughts will be very positive towards the introduction of such technological advancements. Again, well done, Volvo!

 

Volvo has been keen to make their cars sporty in character, to match the Germans. Often a driving experience is in the “eye of the beholder” and, if you drive it for yourself, the sporty Volvo XC60 might just impress you more than any BMW ever could.

 

The current model series includes the:

 

 

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