the Test drive first: White plains in the counties of Norrbotten, on havsisar and around the winding roads next to Luleå, the temperature all the time a bit over 15 minus, compacted snow, and sometimes a mild snowfall. Seductive when to have such a competent car like the new V60 Cross Country performance, the height of six centimeters which centimeters is explained by the higher däckprofil. It gives a ground clearance of 21 centimetres.
the T5 engine it goes away, and it without mishaps when the car is exposed to provocations. Chassisättningen reported to be a little softer, something Volvofolket justifying the ”necessary ” tuning” of the substrate material from the regular V60, launched about a year ago.
Fyrhjulsdriften, supplied by Haldex, works well in cooperation with the anti-skid system, which has two modes – a tighter and a bit more permissive. Forget about to turn off the antisladden, it is not allowed.
koppel V60 Cross Country on the way out on the Gulf of bothnia ice rink, led by a V90 CC. Photo: Kalle Holmberg
On the track as plogats up on the ice, Luleå skyline in the fund, it is still good to skid to run. A slight understeer occurs first, at the same time is easy to fix, on a surface that is so slippery it can be – if one does not give out on the blankis. Press more, and set the front wheels in either direction, and you get a cord, the easy to lift. If desired.
on a not particularly challenging cross-country course, covered in snow and topped with powder snow, performs Country music in drive program ”offroad” its job without influence. The ”Hill descent”, the assistance is in the steep downhill, impresses.
For the family that falls on hard surfaces and perhaps snow and ice during the fjällresor is the Volvo Cross Country a good middle ground – no off-roader, but a vehicle that has good accessibility on the program. And it has many Volvokunder discovered, why the concept lives on among several of the brand’s models. A suvfritt territory, if you will.
and good in the rear. On the whole, there is nothing in the compartment that is different between the regular V60 and the V60 CC.
The high center console between the front seats works well as an armrest. In it there is some clever storage space and usb connectors.
Cosy, neat and comfortable inside the cabin. Photo: Glenn Lindberg
in the Absence of the function keys on the dashboard is palpable. These have instead been put out on the bläddersidor in the relatively large touch screen in the middle. As the driver during the driving handle these, with bladvändning, is not successful from the standpoint of safety.
the touch screen has a range of features that before were managed with buttons. Photo: Kalle Holmberg
Overall, it is just to note that this Volvo has been a very comfortable car with a wide variety of applications. In the marketing pr people put out in different media recently is the ”adventure” set in the city centre. It has not been said so much about the car V60 Cross Country, but it should be linked to this adventurous.
gives the opportunity to the trader get familiar with this car so it is only in the dieselform, V60 CC D4. It is the 190-hästarsdieseln which is the closest within reach of the eager. It was not in place during our test drive.
The Cross Country we drove, the petrol-powered T5, begins to be produced after this year’s late easter in april (week 17). Launched in falls a couple of weeks before. Volvo further states that the V60 Cross Country comes as mildhybrid, without specifying when.
The first pure electric car from Volvo is coming, ” says presschefen Annika Bjerstaf in an email: ”We have said for a long time that it will next year. And so it will be.”
In a statement from the Volvo Cars on 5 July 2017 was given the impression that all models from Volvo with the launch from 2019 and later ”will be equipped with an electric motor”. The introductory part reads as follows:
”Volvo Cars has announced that the all new Volvo models to be launched from 2019 onwards will be equipped with an electric motor. A historic decision as it means that you are no longer going to produce cars that are only equipped with an internal combustion engine. At the same time, the decision means that the electrification is given a central position in the company’s future operations.”
The big words were not in during the press meeting that Volvo’s representatives, held on 28 January 2019 in connection with the run in Luleå.
Test in the brisk winter weather. Photo: Kalle Holmberg
A new plug-in hybrid was at hand where, V60 T8 Twin Engine, thus no Cross Country without a regular V60 with power cord. The production was started in the fall and a number of customers have already received their cars. The now order the get a V60 T8, which is the band sometime after week 17, then as the model year 2020.
