If you're anything like me, you think SUVs are purpose-built to define drivers as kid-ferrying lemmings. Why can't you have the ability to haul kids, but the practicality of style and occasional off-road ability...
Leave it to the Swedes to make a crossover wagon sexy. The Volvo V90 Cross Country makes a compelling case against the Audi A6 Allroad and Mercedes-Benz E-Class All-Terrain, which are themselves no slouches.
Update - Manufacturer's list pricing for the Volvo V90 Cross Country has been revealed online. See article for details Although not yet announced, initial pricing and specifications for the new 2017 Volvo V90 Cross Country have surfaced online. The new off-road styled wagon will start from $99,900 before on-road costs, or $110,060 drive-away - the latter coming from Volvo's Australian online car configurator...
There are a few really good reasons why the Volvo S90 D4 Momentum is a great addition to our growing Melbourne long-term fleet. The Swedish sedan is a bit of an unknown quantity, being so new to market against an established competitor set. Moreover, we’re yet to put this lower-level variant through the wringer...
Swedish manufacturer Volvo has issued a recall for 524 vehicles across its S90, V90 Cross Country and XC90 model lines over concerns the curtain airbags may not deploy properly in the event of an accident. Due to a manufacturing fault, bolts holding the curtain airbag in place could have the bolt head detach, meaning the inflator may not be correctly secured...
Volvo has lived up to its reputation, with the new S90 sedan and V90 wagon netting five stars in Euro NCAP’s brand new 2017 testing regime. Moreover, both cars eclipsed the previous record score, attained by… another Volvo, the XC90 crossover...
The regeneration of the Volvo brand as it aims to establish itself as a stylish European alternative has reached its first milestone, and the next two goals will be completed in the coming two years, the brand’s chief says. Hakan Samuelsson, Volvo Cars CEO and chairman of the board, made it clear at the 2017 Detroit motor show the brand will complete its three ‘series’ of cars in the next 24 months...
Volvo has announced it will add Skype connectivity to its S90, V90 and XC90 models, making the Swedish brand the first car company to add the connectivity software to its cars. The system is Skype for Business, which is designed for conference calling, not video calls - so safety anoraks needn't be too concerned...
The all-new 2017 Volvo V90 Cross Country, a high-riding company to the fresh V90 wagon, has been revealed today ahead of Australian sales debut next year. As expected, and in the spirit of the now retired XC70 before it, the V90 CC arrives as a jacked-up variant of the regular V90 but with the requisite assortment of ruggedised features...
The 2017 Volvo V90 Cross Country has been teased this week in an image and a short video, giving a first glimpse at what the jacked-up wagon will look like. A teaser image tweeted this week shows the car under a sheet near a lake, with only the car’s profile and LED head- and tail-light signatures visible...
Volvo is synonymous with estate cars, but none quite like this. It's the stunning new V90.
The Volvo S90 couldn’t be more proudly Swedish if it delivered you a tray of lingonberries from the the back of an Elk.
The all-new Volvo S90 sedan range is on track to hit Australian showrooms during the final quarter of this year priced from $79,900 plus on-road costs. This high-tech successor to the S80, which uses a version of the scalable (flexible) architecture that also underpins the new XC90 SUV, is the Swedish company’s rival to the Mercedes-Benz E-Class, BMW 5 Series, Audi A6 and Jaguar XF...
The Volvo S90 R-Design and Volvo V90 R-Design styling packages have been unveiled, just as the first V90 wagons roll down the production line in Torslanda, Sweden. For the S90 sedan and V90 wagon, the R-Design package includes a new front bumper with a larger air intake area below the main grille, a sportier design, piano black plastic mouldings, and an absence of chrome embellishments...
The new Polestar Performance Optimisation package for the Volvo S90 and V90 twins has been unveiled, and is claimed to improve throttle response, shift speed and overall engine performance. According to Volvo, the new upgrades make the S90 sedan and V90 wagon "more dynamic and fun to drive"...
The new 2017 Volvo V90 wagon has been unveiled ahead of its official debut at the Geneva motor show in a few weeks time. Today's reveal puts an end to the near constant trickle of leaks, which stretches back as far as October 2015 when photos of scale models of the car popped up in China. The new wagon revives the V90 name that was retired back in 1998...
Two European websites have published leaked studio photographs of the Volvo V90 wagon ahead of the car's official debut next week on February 18. The pictures seen here are from Autofans.be, while the set published on AutoWeek.nl also include photos of the car's interior, which differs little from the S90 sedan except with greater rear-seat headroom and vastly improved luggage space out the back...
The new Volvo S90 sedan’s wagon twin, the 2017 Volvo V90, will make its global premiere on February 18, ahead of an Australian debut set for early next year. The unveiling will bring few surprises, however, with the premium new V90 already revealed through a series of scale-model leaks and workshop photos through the latter half of 2015...
Volvo’s premium sedans haven’t been good enough to match the similarly priced German competition in recent years, the company's global president, CEO and board representative Hakan Samuelsson has admitted. But with strong support from its Chinese owner, Geely, the iconic Sweden-based company is finally in a position to produce what it considers proper passenger car alternatives to the premium Euro status quo — something it has been doing in the SUV space for years...
The upcoming Volvo V90 wagon has been revealed via leaked scale models, which have been published online ahead of the car's debut. These images were originally published by Chinese website AutoHome, and show scale models of what looks like a production version of the upcoming V90 wagon. This follows on from a similar leak earlier this year for the yet-to-be-revealed S90 sedan...
