Volvo XC90 – this is the new
Posted on 26-08-2014 at 12:39 by Wouter – 85 Comments”
A new platform, new engines, a sleek new design and not unimportant for the Dutch market: a version with a 14% additional tax liability. The new Volvo XC90 is ready to take the SUV market in the Netherlands to dominate.
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Even as a plug-in hybrid gets the XC90 seven seats. The seats on the back row have full seats, but are not suitable for people taller than 170 cm.
Further expansion Drive-E engine family
The engines are well-known blocks: the 190 hp and 400 Nm strong D4 diesel, the T5 four-cylinder petrol with 254 hp and 350 Nm and T6 with turbo and supercharger which now 320 hp and 400 Nm of torque provides. These are all tweeliter viercilinders, so with the XC90 takes Volvo final farewell of the five cylinder-roar. The new D5 is a 2.0 four-cylinder engine with twinturbo technology. From just two litres pick up the Sweden 225 hp and 470 Nm of torque, while the consumption is around 6 litres per 100 kilometres would be released. For the D4 with only front wheel drive and you think Sweden even on 5 litres per 100 kilometres, pretty neat, 1 in 20 in a full-size SUV.
T8 with Twin Engine technology and 14% of list price
The topversie of the new Volvo XC90 is the Twin Engine version with the badge T8. As we now Volvo are accustomed to, that does not mean that there are eight cylinders in the cabin. The V8 by Volvo as dinosaurier and so there are under the hood of the XC90 only viercilinders to find. The tweeliter four-cylinder Drive-E petrol engine with compressor and turbo, however, provides sufficient power: 320 horsepower to be exact. An electric motor of 82 horsepower, drives the rear wheels, and so is the total output of 400 hp.
Interior
Since the previous, first-generation XC90 since 2002 on the market, take Volvo giant leaps with the interior. The use of materials is as expected of a premium car, but with cute Swedish accents. The handmade glass part of the gear knob has been realized by the famous Swedish glass manufacturer Orrefors. It is hand made of crystal. Also the start/stop button and volume control are nice details that Volvo describes as “jewelry for the interior”.
With the entertainment system makes the Volvo a giant step: the touch screen size tablet and is complemented by a fully digital dashboard. Integration with Apple Carplay and Android where the screen of your smartphone mirrored on the screen of the navigation system is standard.
Safety
The aim of Volvo is that by 2020, is not seriously injured or killed in or around a Volvo to regret. That is a noble pursuit, and the XC90 is the safest Volvo ever. The City Safety system has been extended so that also at the left turn on an intersection, oncoming traffic is detected. The radar system at the rear detects too quickly following traffic and can warn you with visual signals. If a collision is inevitable, then, are tensioning the belts already and experience the enhanced anti-whiplash system WHIPS into force.
The XC90 can also detect if the driver is unintentionally off-the-road driving. In the seats is a mechanism to handle the vertical fold to catch and so the back of the occupant it protects.
Starting price: 70,000 euros. The first cars are all First Editions. That be 1.927 units, a small nod to the year of founding of Volvo. The First Edition for the Netherlands the new twinturbo D5 with 225 hp and is described as packed. All the options are there and apparently you get a nice rain jacket.
Not all the specifications are final, but some variants are all performance figures are known. The XC90 T6 reaches a top speed of 230 km/h sprint in 6,9 seconds to the 100. The D5 gets to 220 km/h and does the standaardsprint in 7,8 seconds.
Videos: Rijbeelden, the interior and the crash test!
Gallery: Volvo XC90 2015
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Gallery: Volvo Volvo XC90 live
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