Volvo's most important car yet is the XC60 - here's what it's like to drive
Hollis Johnson
Volvo has never been a proper luxury brand, like BMW or Mercedes, and it's also traditionally occupied a less snazzy sub-luxury niche than Land Rover or Jaguar. Volvos used to be unpretentious cars unpretentious people who would drive their cars until the wheels fell off and then they'd put some new wheels on them and drive some more.
But after the financial crisis, the Swedish legend so beloved by thrifty Northeastern college professors was acquired by China's Geely and out on a more overtly luxurious path. Initial results have been more than encouraging: the large XC90 SUV was Business Insider's Car of the Year for 2015.
Since then, we've sampled a few additional new Volvos, and we've been impressed. But with the mid-size, five-passenger XC60, Volvo really has something to prove. Competition in the heart of the SUV segment for these versatile neo-wagons, favored chariots of affluent suburbanites, is intense.
We borrowed a 2018 XC60 T8 E-AWD Inscription - nicely optioned, stickering at $71,590 - and spent a few days driving around the New Jersey suburbs, and we also made a weekend jaunt into New York City. How did the most important vehicle in Volvo's lineup perform? Read on to find out.
Photos by Hollis Johnson.
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