Volvo Cars' all-new XC90 will be the
world's most powerful and cleanest SUV
[SOURCE:
Volvo Car Group]
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All-wheel drive, seven seats, around 400 hp and 472 lb.-ft. of torque with ultra-low emissions of around 60g/km
Delivering guilt-free luxury SUV ownership
New Volvo-developed Plug-in Hybrid, Twin Engine technology
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"Volvo Cars' all-new
XC90 will offer an unrivaled combination of power and clean operation when it
is launched later this year. The all-wheel drive seven-seater will deliver
guilt-free luxury SUV ownership, offering drivers around 400 horsepower but
with carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of around 60 g/km (NEDC driving cycle).
There has never been an SUV offering this level of power this cleanly. READ
MORE"Volvo Says Its New SUV Will Be Cleaner Than a Prius
[SOURCE: Bloomberg Business
Week]
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"Volvo's SUV striptease continued on Tuesday morning as it flashed an additional peek at the XC90 that it hopes will resurrect the company in the U.S..
Semantics
aside, the setup is impressive. Volvo promises the XC90 will make up to 400 in
horsepower while putting out only about 60 grams of carbon dioxide per
kilometer. Toyota's (TM) Prius emits
about 89 grams of CO2 per kilometer. The European Union is hoping
that the average of all vehicles on the Continent will drop to
130 grams per kilometer by 2015-and 95 grams by 2020..READ MORE"
Volvo V60 Polestar:Â For Fast Thinkers
"The Volvo V60 Polestar is a swoopy estate with the pace to take the fight to the Audi RS4...
This is all highly-sophisticated kit and it works a treat. Polestar has done a five-star job of integrating these fire-breathing components into the foundations of what is basically a stiffened Ford Mondeo. At low speeds in traffic, this V60 is as docile and biddable as any standard Golf but, when you give it a poke, it growls and snarls with genuine menace... READ MORE"
