2018 Volvo XC60 Spied, Looks Plasticky is coming in 2017

What It Is: The second generation Volvo XC60 Crossover, caught testing in Amsterdam wearing such Playskool plastic body cladding and camouflage to hide the outside. XC60 is a mid-size SUV two rows Volvo, slotting below the range-topping XC90 and XC40 compact on the next. Sold since 2010, the current model is one of the oldest in the Volvo range and due for an update.

Why Matters: No luxury brand can be successful without a crossover. The new XC90 is a beautiful piece, and novelty which stands in stark contrast with the aging of the current XC60. The new version of the latter would sit more comfortably next XC90 on the showroom floor and had to grab even more buyers with lower prices while still carrying a torch for proficiency famous Volvo safety and aesthetic design simple style.

Platform: The 2018 XC60 will not only convenient to the XC90 on the showroom floor; the two share the same bone. framework Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) Volvo modular platform, which can support gasoline, hybrid, plug-in hybrids, and even full-electric powertrains. flexibility allows it to support the XC90 (as well as the new S90 sedan and V90 wagon) in addition to the smaller XC60. Very hard to say what it might look like the XC60-Volvo camouflage game is a powerful prototype-but expect to see to split the difference between the 90-series models are elegant and seems quite funky 40-series compacts yet to make their debut in production form. Some aspects will not be a total surprise, of course-even through the test car was covered up, we can detect the signature Thor Hammer brand LED lighting growing and high, beautifully shaped taillights. It was a new Volvo, safety equipment and technology will register high on the list of features of the car. Expect some variation on a portrait-oriented touchscreen display, this XC90.

Powertrain: Once committed to selling a car with three or four-cylinder power of exclusive, Volvo has taken the guesswork out of determining a large number of secret powertrain model of the future '. Such XC60 will use the same engine Drive-E four-cylinder found in almost every other Volvo sold today. In fact, we would not be surprised if the new XC60 debuts with the same engine as its predecessor, which comes standard with a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder (T5 version) and optional turbocharged and supercharged 2.0-liter engine (T6). A turbocharged inline-five is also part of the mix XC60 engine out, but it will not continue. the final output is in the air, but expect at least 240 horsepower for T5 and more than 300 hp for the T6. Eight-speed automatic will return power to the front or, optionally, all four wheels. Then, Volvo will probably add hybrid and / or plug-in-hybrid options as well.

Estimated Arrival and Price: Strip away the cover XC60 is a prototype, and we are sure you will find almost ready for sale-crossover. Indeed, we expect the XC60 to come to market next year as 2018 models, with a base price close to $ 41,945 requested for the current version.

Despite the model’s looming replacement – it’s been around since 2008, making it one of the oldest models on the road – the XC60 remains one of Volvo’s best-selling cars.

This new XC60 will incorporate Volvo’s new design policy, and you can just about make out the 'Thor's hammer' daytime running lights, through the disguise.

A dominant front grille styling also hints at the direction of the next XC60, which will spearhead a fresh Volvo 60 Series in the next phase of reinvention Volvo. A Volvo spokesman could not confirm or deny whether the next shot shows the XC60, but would not rule out the possibility of a new XC40 model replacements before arriving at the end of 2017.

It was inevitable that the model will have a diesel engine and a 2.0-liter Volvo at the top end of the lineup, but an aggressive stance on the Volvo engine downsizing means that this will be the largest in the range. This means that the D5 2.4-liter engine from the current XC60 will be discontinued.

The hybrid system is a new three-cylinder T5 Volvo, although not confirmed, is likely to feature in the XC60. It will make its first appearance in the XC40 at the end of next year, before the possibility was brought to the XC60.

Inside, the XC60 adopted many features of the 90 series, such as the large, central infotainment system is flanked by large air vents, and a digital dash display behind the wheel, rather than the traditional fast.

When XC60 which goes on sale - probably sometime after good performances in Geneva, Detroit, Beijing or Shanghai motor show - it will face new competition from the Audi Q5 new, as well as BMW's new X3, which is due around the same time, which was introduced in 2010 ,

It will also be the first model to confirm or deny whether Volvo will adopt a 'Russian doll' approach to styling to its lineup - the initial view seems to suggest styling which closely follow this XC90.

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