![]() ![]() The S60 Inscription is available in T5 FWD Drive-E and T5 AWD trims. The elegant S60 Inscription cabin has standard luxurious features such as walnut inlays, silk-finish metal trim, accent lighting and a power rear sunshade. The S60 Inscription boasts best-in-class rear seat accommodations with an additional 2.9 inches of rear legroom. In the Volvo family, “Inscription” denotes the most luxurious outfitting. The other newcomer for Volvo is the S60 Inscription (MSRP starting at $38,700). The S60 Cross Country is unique and highly capable, featuring the T5 powertrain and increased ground clearance. Taken as a whole, the XC90’s interior is luxurious and attractive, and it strikes us as vaguely Jeep Grand Cherokee–like-albeit crafted by Swedes-which is no bad thing.The new S60 Cross Country (MSRP starting at $43,500), available with standard all-wheel drive, blends rugged design cues with the sophistication customers have come to expect from Volvo. ![]() The second- and third-row seats fold flat for IKEA runs, and the front seats incorporate energy-absorbing material intended to cushion occupants’ spines from vertical shocks, such as those encountered when the vehicle leaves the road and jumps a ditch. The XC90 once again seats seven, this time including a sliding and reclining second row and a third row that’s actually habitable for humans. Apple groupies will be pleased to hear that iOS CarPlay integration will be offered Android Auto will be available, too. Tap one to make it expand to fill most of the display, and the other three condense themselves to strips of pertinent information. There are four key menu items–navigation, audio, phone, and information-displayed horizontally across the screen. Standing tall-literally-in the dashboard is Volvo’s new infotainment system, which incorporates a slick, vertically oriented touch screen. There’s an available full-digital gauge cluster, as well as a 1400-watt, 19-speaker Bowers & Wilkins audio system that will make your tears shed tears of their own. The shift knob is a stunning crystal-glass unit fashioned by Swedish glassmaker Orrefors, and the engine stop/start button and audio-volume knob are both diamond-cut. The XC90’s cabin apes fine Scandinavian furniture, using swaths of supple leather, broad shards of wood, and metal. The new T-shaped LED daytime running lamps are dubbed “Thor’s Hammer” by Volvo-isn’t that seriously awesome?-and the taillights are squared-off takes on those of the V60 and (not for America) V40 wagons. The foundation of the 2016 XC90 is formed by its platform and its clean, handsome aesthetic, and both eventually will trickle down to other Volvos. Scalable Product Architecture, Scalable Attractiveness And what Volvo propaganda campaign would be complete without boasts of two “world first” safety technologies? Hardly able to contain itself, Volvo has been sneaking out packets of information on the crossover all year, showing us how the all-new infotainment system works, revealing the rich cabin, detailing the XC90’s muscular plug-in-hybrid powertrain option, and even giving us rides in prototypes in Sweden. So you must understand that the all-new 2016 XC90 is quite a big deal, akin to spotting a moose walking on its hind legs. ![]() A wonderful Yamaha-designed V-8 engine option came and went and a few tweaks hit the model for 2013, but it’s largely been status quo for Volvo’s de facto flagship. Since then, the XC90 has received remarkably few changes. That’s how long Volvo has been peddling its current XC90 crossover SUV, which debuted at the 2002 Detroit auto show before going on sale as a 2003 model. ![]()
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