Big Volvos - showroom view
As I had a bit of time to while away this afternoon in a Volvo dealership, and my reading material was getting boring, I had a good look round a couple of top-spec flagship cars in the showroom - an S90 and an XC90.
To quote Volvo: S90 - Sophisticated, intuitive and powerful. An executive saloon, without compromise. and XC90 Twin Engine - Luxury performance without compromise. Finishes and materials were pretty good, but things I noticed that weren't: 1. Front seat thigh supports were quite "lumpy" when not extended. 2. Manual adjustment of the steering wheel (unlock lever and "wrangle")! 3. Manual adjustment of seatbelt shoulder height. 4. No adjustment of front headrests. The XC90, like IT's favourite Audi, has 3 rows of seats and is equally enormous. And the S90 did at least have a space-saver spare wheel. The XC90 I don't think did, seats and batteries presumably get in the way. Just first impressions, but they count. |
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Volvo are churning out some really striking cars in the last couple of years with the S90 and XC90, but I can't tell the smaller SUVs apart. XC60? XC70? XC40? |
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Ours doesn't have one simply because it has the R-Design twin exhaust on it! The "classic" did have a space saver with the standard exhaust. I ended up finding a full sized alloy spare and we have that in the garage for carriage on long trips. Melanie has orders to stay put and phone me if she has tyre problems driving locally. Quote:
They're not the only ones to do it though... How about Aston's? Or closer to home: D3/C6 nose, B8.5/C7 front and rear, Q5/Q3! They've brought out a new XC70 have they? It was always previously based on the V70 a'la Allroad. Quote:
Still VW did it with the Amarok for quite some time until they saw the light and realised their luxury arm had a very capable 3.0tdi staring at them! |
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