Volvo XC90
Volvo XC90 (2002-2006)
The Volvo XC90 is an SUV from the Swedish automaker Volvo. The car also represents the first car in this vehicle category of the manufacturer
Produces the model at various locations. Thus, the production is carried out for the European and American market in the Volvo Group belonging Torslandaverken at Torslanda. In Asia, on the other hand, the XC90 mainly from the Thai Swedish Assembly Co. Ltd.. manufactured in the factory in the city of Samut Prakan. The XC90 is but. Well as the Malay Swedish Motor Assemblies Sdn Bhd.. at the assembly plant in Shah Alam as well as in the Indonesian assembly plant near Jakarta from the Indobuana Autoraya, PT. mounted.
History
In October 2002, the XC90 was presented. It is based as the models S60, V70 and S80 on the Volvo P2x platform. The 4.80 meters long and 1.78 meters high XC90 can be described as an SUV the upper middle class. Competitors are, inter alia, the German SUV Mercedes -Benz M- Class, BMW X5, VW Touareg and Porsche Cayenne.
The XC90 is (very luxurious) or R-Design (formerly Sport Edition ) is available with several equipment packages such as Executive. These two packages are among the special equipment packages. In the package R-Design, among others, a more sporty suspension, exhaust system with four tailpipes, leather sport seats with more lateral support, a sport steering wheel, sport deposits of aluminum in tachometer, center console and doors, and 8.0 x 19 " 5-spoke alloy wheels with XC design included.
From the end of 2004, a V8 petrol engine was offered in the XC90. It was the first eight-cylinder engine from Volvo and made 232 kW with 4.4 liters of displacement.
Facelift
End of May 2006 was presented by Volvo, the revised version of the XC90. After nearly four years without changes front and rear now been revised. The rear end remains, apart from minor cosmetic primarily to the rear lights, unchanged. The wider underride protection also falls on. The side markers are now the front of the side mirrors, instead of the current on the body.
Furthermore, the equipment packages Kinetic, Momentum and Summum are also still available. Kinetic is the cheapest, Momentum the middle trim level Summum and the highest quality variant. The execution Momentum was upgraded in November 2009 and since then is called Edition.
Rear view
Volvo XC90 V8 (2006-2010)
The end of 2010, the V8 engine was deleted from the program because he does not meet the applicable since the beginning of 2011 values for the Euro 5 standard. A short time ago was the performance of the 3.2 liter increased from 175 to 179 kW formerly.
Specifications
Awards
- 2009: Top Safety Pick 2010