New Volvo V60 Images Leaked Ahead Of Official Debut
It’s rebirth time for Volvo’s mid-range of cars. The new Volvo V60 estate has been revealed, following on from the XC60 SUV.
We’re in Stockholm at the reveal of the new estate car, where the Volvo team have pulled the covers off ‘in its natural habitat’ – the driveway of a family house.
Håkan Samuelsson, head honcho of Volvo Cars, says that ‘the family estate driver is an important customer for our business and has been for generations. The new V60 honours that tradition, but also takes it much further.’
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But how much further?
Design-wise? Not much if you’re used to looking at Volvo’s larger 90 Series of cars. The new V60 basically looks like a shrunken, if slightly sharper, V90 – not exactly shocking but no bad thing either.
It’s a handsome beast with clean surfaces, Volvo’s now-trad Thor’s Hammer headlights and large trapezoidal grille at the front. At the rear, the design is equally un-shocking; boomerang rear lights, integrated exhausts and crisp lines.
And the interior?
Plush. And uniform, too – the V60’s interior is another area of familiarity with its SUV cousin and the 90 Series. Sensus infotainment complete with portrait screen, chunky gearlever, knurled starter switch and drive mode selector, and digital instrument cluster all feature inside.
Tech includes ‘City Safety with Autobrake’, which not only reacts to other cars but pedestrians, cyclists and large animals too. Pilot Assist can steer, accelerate and brake ‘on well-marked roads’ up to 81mph and has been ‘upgraded with improved cornering performance.’
Gimme engines and specs
Volvo’s new V60 uses the SPA, or Scaleable Product Architecture, already in service in the XC60 and 90 Series of cars.
D3 and D4 diesels will be available alongside T5 and T6 petrol. A lower-end T4 petrol is tipped to enter the range later in 2018.
Two PHEV options will join the range from 2019 – a T6 Twin Engine AWD producing 335bhp and a T8 Twin Engine AWD making 385bhp.
The UK market will launch with the diesel options first, with the T5 and T6 Twin Engine joining at a later date.
Volvo V60: price and release date
Volvo says the new V60 will be available on the brand’s Care by Volvo subscription service, and orders are open now, priced from £31,810. A more detailed pricing structure will be announced soon.
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