Volvo XC60 - launched

전반적인 디자인은 컨셉카의 이미지를 그대로 받아들여서 나온점이 신선합니다. 이전의 박스형의 각진 스타일에서 점차 벗어나 이제는 완전히 다른 스타일로 변한것 같습니다. 물 흐르듯이 자연스럽게 연결되는 디자인과 동글동글한 라운드형 차체가 이전의 볼보와는 확연히 차이가 나는것이 신선하게 보입니다.

아직 디테일한 모습은 공개되지 않았기 때문에 자세히 확인할 수는 없으나, 전반적인 모습은 상당히 괜찮아 보입니다. 전통적인 볼보 팬들은 반대할 수도 있지만 변화하는 노력은 대단하다 생각합니다. D5엔진을 달고 가격만 잘 맞으면 괜찮을 듯 합니다.

Volvo will start selling in autumn 2008 the XC60, a lightweight SUV designed to compete with vehicles such as the BMW X3 and the Volkswagen Tiguan. Volvo has not yet revealed details of the dimensions of the car. The Volkswagen Tiguan measured 4.43 metres and the BMW X3 4.57. The length of the Volvo should not stray too far from that range. The Ford Kuga, a slight off of the same business group (Ford owns Volvo), measured 4.44 meters.

XC60 prototype

Volvo XC60 prototype advanced with some of the features of this new SUV slight.

When put up for sale, after the summer, only available with traction total and may choose from three engines. A turbocharged engine, 3.0 liter engine, gasoline, which called Volvo T6 and that gives an output of 285 hp. (All Volvo carrying this engine at present they do in combination with a six-speed automatic gearbox.) Versions Diesel shape from two variants of the same engine turbodiésel of 2.4 liter engine: the so-called D5 with a power of 185 hp and "2.4D" which gives 163 hp.

Since 2009 will sell a version with front-wheel drive car and the diesel engine of 2.4 liters and 163 hp with a level of CO2 emissions of about 170 g / km, according to the mark.

Volvo says its information is "the first manufacturer in the world that offers serial (...) a system that helps the driver to avoid or reduce the effects of low-speed crashes that occur routinely in city traffic and caravans. This system is called "City Safety. As rely on information from the prototype, works up to 30 km / h in two phases. If it detects a risk of collision, the load circuit hydraulic brakes in order to give maximum pressure when the driver step on the pedal. If the system believes that the collision was inevitable, it slows down the car without driver intervention.
If the speed difference between the two vehicles that can run is less than 15 km / h, the system can completely avoid the collision. Between 15 and 30 km / h, not avoided, but reduces the impact of the crash. Already models in some markets that have systems such as the Honda Legend or the Lexus LS 460.

Volvo intends to sell 50,000 units a year of the XC60, which is manufactured at the plant for Volvo Cars in Ghent, Belgium.



compete with

volkswagen - tiguan

BMW - X3

peougeot - 4007

EU ford - kuga

landrover - freelander2