New Volvo V90 review: has the king of estates returned?
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
- The V90 feels everything a premium estate should be - a refined cruiser, with a comfortable, plush cabin and a hefty load space. It feels odd to say this about a big Volvo wagon, but those who are after ultimate boot size will look elsewhere. For everyone else after an upmarket load-lugger, the V90 totally merits a place on your shortlist.
James Batchelor reviews the new Volvo V90 estate in sunny Spain!
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it seems this guy is finally getting less and less hate from video to video. kudos to him.
trolls get bored
I actually like the way he presents cars
me to, very natural on cam, super informative, he does an excellent job.
I don't mind him too much, I don't really like any of the consumer UA-cam reviewers all that much because they're more presenter than journalist. But I will say this about this guy, all his videos are full of little grammatical errors that irk me. Like "there's two engines", no no it is "there are two engines".
i actually love his voice xD
It's so much sexier than the BMW or MB.
thats like saying: Rosie O Donnell is so much sexier than Roseanne Barr. Estate cars are the opposite of sexy js.
Not true. A6 Avant and E-class estate are better-looking than the saloons.
Don't completely agree with you, the A6 yes but I think the new E-class is sexier in the sedan version. And the Volvo V90 is ALOT sexier than the S90. The sedans rear is ugly as hell.
I'm still not convinced why I should choose this over the Pagani Zonda R?
You can fit something in it ^^
lol. well played sir
This one, I assume, is self-assembly, like IKEA furniture. The Zonda R is a boring old pre-assembled car. This one's better for technical people.
Think harder.
Piotr Martens Then don't have children or friends and never drink anything again. How hard can that be?
Strange comments about the V70, it has been an excellent estate car well made inside and out with high quality materials, exceptionally comfortable and luxurious. So a very good rival to the german options and I think more individual.
What I didn't like about my V70 AWD was its thirst for fuel. Style was great, seats were expected Volvo superb comfort, cornering with Michelin Pilots on the 17" sport wheels was ridiculously great. My A4 Avant lacks the space of the V70, especially for rear leg room. But they're both comfy for road-trips, and the 2.0t/DSG goes a lot farther on a smaller tank.
Still, in a decade from now, when they've depreciated to a reasonable price, I can see buying a V90.
Wish they sold the diesel ones in Canada. Then the cost of ownership would be much more intriguing.
You're doing a great job, James, I always enjoy watching your reviews enormously. Keep up the good work and spirit!
Great review with some lovely exterior shots - Keep up the good work, James!
volvo make such well built cars..well done
lol the dust by the shifter. should have cleaned that before zooming in with an HD camera
Great review , thank you :)
Do all V90 models have the cruise control feature?
please show his damn face in thumbnail, so I don't have to open :@
great review! reminds me like good old top gear..
Love your reviews keep it going. Don't listen to these fools who have nothing better to do than slate someone.
I would have bought this, having has 940, V70 & T5 - but that racked rear loses too much useful space for my purposes. Hope they revamp it as they have with the V60.
What is the boot size compared to a 1988 Volvo Estate?
Good Review - This estate looks great inside and outside Volvo have hit that spot on - but weird with the boot size.
A strong hybrid also sounds like a good solution for a stronger powerplant option.
Well done Volvo.
Seen it twice in stm, it looks a little 'too' long, idk if it's meant to be in the mercedes s type segment?
All this fuzz about luggage volume..
I mean, it's rare to see a fully loaded, (up over the window line), boot. So come on, a few liters here and there, who cares?!
It's like -oh no! My car's top speed is only 248 km/h (~153 mph), but my neighbors car does 250 km/h (155 mph).. Who needs the speed anyway!?
Yeah, I know, the German autobahn..I'll been driving there a couple of times every year since 2006, and trust me -it's not a big deal if your car is 2 km/h slower..
That light coloured interior is going to get grubby pretty quick.
The E class wagon is 20k dollars more than the Volvo here in Canada. End of story.
it has never gone away
Had mine for a month now ,r design t4.best car ive ever owned.looks great goes great.
Here it goes. Leather is not standard "maeby" in certain engine config?
But the biggest problems, the 8 speed gearbox is not very refined also the D5 engine sounds like a tractor when compairing with germans and the HUGE problem is the road/tire noise "a problem that the XC90 also has"
love it
According to other reviews the 'smaller' boot,cargo space is marginal...no big deal. Well done Volvo, beautiful product.
this dude is great! totally reminds me of Quentin Wilson.
When the video started and I didn't see his face, I could have sworn I was listening to Quentin Wilson.
this and new e class estate are best in the business
wait for the e43 amg estate... :G
Good review.
More premium than the 850 it did not get in the 90s though. It easily could whipe the floor with it's concurents, so it's not the first premium car it's the second :)
James, you no doubt know that a lot of Auto Express viewers are in the US (ditto CarBuyer, CarWow, Telegraph Cars, thanks to the cast of characters.) Decision making for a full-size estate (wagon)here now will be more interesting. BMW have long since stopped marketing the 5 Series estate, also Audi the A6 Avant. ( They sell us only the 3 Series and the A4 Allroad.) Even Volvo has for many years offered the XC70, but not the V70. Merc, though, has owned the division with the E Class. (And they don't ship us any C Class estates. Well done, as That battle has belonged to Audi and BMW, and lately, the V60.)
The V90 should do well against Mercedes, as it challenges on price per pound of luxury and design. As for the smaller cargo capacity, it's relatively minimal difference, and in return Volvo echoes the pretty shape of the V60 - or even the jag estate. It seems a nice balance between all the traditional Volvo qualities and a more shapely, modern look.
What I haven't warmed up to yet is what seems to be over-generous application of wood trim. About half the amount would lighten the feel of the cabin - and perhaps not applied in the molded plywood styling. Otherwise, I'm looking forward to trying one.
As in the XC90, I like the color of the wood, and it's definitely got the skandesign vibe. Just the large panels seem too much. Maybe it will feel less so in the flesh. Or in the grain, as it were.
BTW, in case you didn't know, we now have no real American wagon. Not even a Fusion to match your Mondeo estate. The Cadillac CTS-V is out. We don't have a Japanese wagon in our market, either (considering Subarus crossovers for this purpose), though I'd like to see Mazda send us the 6 estate you have.
Try and get all the options you get on that Volvo on a BMW or Audi and you are looking at a 65k car...
Cant wait for the volvo v90 t8 polestar with 431hp, please take my money volvo!
*There is quite a bit of his dandruff on the center console at **4:56*
This is so much better than Mercedes, BMW, Jaguar or Audi counterparts.
Is that a new RPG?
why people choose a estate over crossover/suv ?
Drives better(lower car means better stability), easier to load and unload, is not as thirsty and also cheaper to produce which means it costs less to buy.
Some people dont like big cars. Estate consume less fuel.
Drives like a sedan and has a much larger luggage space.
it seems a very very good car on paper
Would I sacrifice that beautiful interior and handsome exterior for just a little more rear space ? WOULD I HECK !! as Jeremy Clarkson commented recently " The S and V90s interior is better than any car on the market, except for a Rolls Royce " high praise indeed, how much does a Roller cost ummmm !!!!!
I wish other car companies would pay more attention to the design of the housing for the speakers like Mercedes does.
Volvo has always been King in estates.
Nice car, very nice
Back to boxy👍
Volvo estates used to have the biggest boots. The old boxy estate Volvo's had huge boots.
True, but this still has the best load-space, so will be more useful in 99% situations
+Umer Sharif Mercedes and BMW have estate cars with a bigger load space.
My apologies, I meant best *shaped* load space.
A wide opening, no obstacles and a very cuboidal shape. You can get wider items into the car.
Umer Sharif Yes I remember those cars. They had a huge load space..
The old boxshaped Volvos were also the ugly and boring looking. This one might have less boot space but it is distingtly different from all it's rivals and imo looks the best of the current line up of all estates on the market save for the CLS Shooting brake (but that car is not a rival to this car in any way).
Oh ... It's this guy again :|
I can say for this guy:"get lost":(((
i love the fact that all reviews bash on v90s boot! search for the photoshopped version of v90 with a straight rear. its mutch more beautiful
are you sure it is 4 wheel drive , ill bet its all wheel drive which is part time 4 wheel drive only front wheel untill you lose traction
Looks like a five series touring at the front, the lower vents are pure BMW, the creases on the Bonnet are like any BMW, the quarter view from the front screams five series....🤔
I like VOLVO!!!
Good review, but you seem to be trying to be Quentin Wilson. If that's your natural style, fair enough but I thought you should know!
This bloke is better at reviews than Mat Watson!
I'd like to see a head-to-head shootout between the V90 and the Nissan Versa.
Kevin Brown a nissan? Hahahahaha its not even in the same class, verda is a low end non luxury car, volvo is a high end luxury car
you can describe the difference between them In one word "Quality" Volvo has it in abundance , Nissan, on the other hand , is made to a budget, good value and reliable , but that's where the good news ends !!
The Audi A4 wagon is the true competition to the Volvo because the Audi A6 has a v8 or a v10 while the A4 has a 4 cylinder engine
Sort of ... except you can't carry adults in the back of the A4 unless they've truly mis-behaved. We love our A4 Avant, but very rarely have humans in the rear. Our V70 had much more room. Wish Audi still sold A6 wagons...
Only ONE major problem with this car, the VERY small fuel tank, only 55 liters (not gallons)....with a fuel consumption at 8-9 liters you cannot travel far, really a shame!
I know....I have one ! V90 T4.
King of the estate is what they call Jamie Vardy
My dad bought that
Beautiful car if my wallet could stretch that far it would be sat on my drive way.
The host is more suitable for practical car contents as he is well aware of practicality.
His enthusiasts'-car contents are too practical--spoiling the fun of guilty pleasure.
I've owned four Volvo's in the past (XC90 V8, S80 V8, XC90 3.2 and XC70 T6) and loved the brand and it's products. I will no longer be buying Vovlo's though as they have traded away interior space to improve looks but it goes against the whole purpose of an estate and I detest 4 cylinder engines, especially at this price point. 4 cylinder engine with never match the refinement and performance of a 6 cylinder no matter how many turbo's you put on it.
looks like Volvo has hired some designers from Saab and finally managed to make a beautiful yet functional car. I think this will be a great success.
In fact they hired a designer from VW called Thomas Ingenlath (so much for the Scandinavian design), thats why the new Volvos are pretty similar to their German competitors. They dont stand out anymore like the Volvos from earlier days
No they did not. Robin Page did the interior design. Thomas Ingenlath was only hired for about 1 year ( 2012-2013 i believe). Do some research before commenting. And Volvo`s interiors are faaar from similar to german ones.
Dan940 You do some Research, smartass. Ingenlath was hired in 2012 in is head of design ever since. Wether you like it or not, a German creates the new Volvos that you seem to like so much, get over it.
Haha i totally misread you comment, for some reason i thought we were talking only about interior design, not design in general, my mistake. And yes, Ingenlath is still working with Volvo, dunno where i got the info that he was fired, wasnt a very reliable source it seems. Though, most of what i said in my previous comment still stands accurate. Robin page does the interiors.
Dan940 Didnt know about Mr Page doing the interiors, but nowadays it's international design Teams anyway, the days of Italian, English etc desgin are pretty much over, but People love to stick to their stereotypes. The new Alfa Giulia for example was designed by the Chrysler design Department in the US, and still you hear People going on about that "passionate" Italian design and so on.
Volvo I am only looking for an RS7 or M6 competitor. Anything slower than 0-60 in 4.5 will be out
Volvo wont do that, but there will be a polestar version which fast enough for everyuse.
+Julian J Polestar is Volvo's performance lineup now, so it's Volvo. It's like Mercs AMG or BMW's //M
+J Gripen you got me wrong, i meant volvo wont make a 500hp plus car like the rs6, m6 and the cls63
Polestar don't really excite me. They're not exactly pure Munich or Alpina or Quattro GmbH. They are more of an amg line or s-line lower grade watered down performance team. Until they sell a 500-600 plus hp super saloon, like the other Germans do, then that's the target segment I would be interested in
They have made concepts of cars like that, and not insane concept that could never reach productions. More proof that they actually can make cars which can compete with the germans. They're a proper racing team and know how to turn family cars into speed machines. The issue has been that volvo has stopped every highpowered one so far. But it seems that it may change with the new volvo line up. Although that's just rumours, but I think the Chinese want to challenge the Germans in the sport market too. Not just the family market .
Just watched your review of the v60 which you state is the "spiritual successor to the old v70" yet you say this v90 is the "replacement" for the v70, so which is it?
Is it that the v90 is as big as the v70
but the v60 is the price of the v70
in real terms there is no real replacement to the v70, for size and price volvo has just switched off one of its strongest models,
50k Volvo..........Are they mad !
His English accent kills me..
Volvo needs v6 diesel :)
new Volvette please!!
There's something oddly 1950s about the dashboard! Nice car on the outside though :)
If It was me I would compare the Volvo V90 to Its Rival and then make a decision
Grandma and Grandpa are gonna love this thing. Has a ugly rear end tho
Would never pay that money for a 2.0 4 cyl engine. Whats wrong with the old 5 cyl engines!?
Sweden 1 Germany 0
yet again
Good review except for the fact that you only mentioned the boot capacity with the seats down.
Who cares!!
With the seats down, all you have is a two-seater with lots of storage.
Cars like this are designed for humans to sit in - not as delivery vans.
what....how can he be here???..i thought ive evaded him
.... tartan flap cap owners welcome!
they have one RPG car and one CAR car :)
Large animal detection? #volvo must have had this turned off when they slaughtered the 35 animals it took to build the interior! Haha
They have it so the skin doesnt get destroyed theyre pros you know.
the amount of LiSSSSSSSp in this video is to damn high
it just doesn't have enough power.
You have to think about who's buying these cars and their needs. The diesel engines are effective for long motorway journeys but still have enough pulling power and performance for overtakes and daily driving. The T8 engine, which has 400hp, is surely powerful enough and there is the possibility of Polestar upgrades too. If you're after performance estates then the E63 and RS6 are designed for that purpose. People buying these cars will not have power as their number one priority!
Why do you need power? race track?
Having more power than what's needed is just better.
" *_POWERRR!!!_* "...Jeremy Clarkson.
Look a Ford Mondeo Vignale is about 50K. Now its like this a Volvo S90 for 44 to 50K mark oh well let me see ah ya no brainer the Volvo!!!!! The mondeo is at the wrong party altogether simple as
One fundamental question - why should I choose it over BMW 5 or Merc? They should do one simple thing - make it RWD default, this would place it over Audi for plenty of DRIVERS (those who actually enjoy driving) and widen market reach. Seems Volvo is still under rule by same people who absolutely can't learn from history (unlike Alfa ones (with Giulia, who in fact created great machine which will, I'm sure, steal some M3 / M4 fans (including myself))....But hey, it's Volvo after all, it has to be boring!
Sexiest most gorgeous looking car ever
The engine is the only buzzkill in it. Otherwise it’s magnificent!
I have never seen anyone that moves their shoulders that much when talking as this dude...
Really nice looking from the front. Really ugly from the back...
I expect Volvos to have big boots not compromised for the sake of a fancy looking roof slope. quite literally form over function. if it's going to be as small as an a6, I'll have an A6 instead.
shame, I was really looking forward to this car.
volvos were never wallowy.
1st comment
u must be very lucky , one of the few in the world to have that honor , we all envy u...a castle will be build in uyour name..u deserve it...
Good for you mate. Have a fucking gold star.
urghhhhhhhh
nooo, not this guy with this car... ruins the video
like the car, hate the voice
It's ugly on the outside tho
I'm sorry but you need to check your eyes
This is one of the most gorgeous cars ever made IMO
+Conner Hendrick yeah I absolutely agree
Sorry! do not agree, it looks at least as good as it rivals, meaning it is well resolved overall and it has a very decent stance for such a large car - Rest is Brand Fan club, meaning personal identification with the cars main DNA + its heritage. (like I am a BMW fan)... And lets not forget it looks like a Volvo - The concepts Volvo did over the last years has spawned some complete temporary and well proportioned cars including this Estate - Volvo classic rigidness plus modern dynamics well executed.
+HesteBremse Contrary to what you may believe, sir. I hold no such thing as brand loyalty, as you so blatantly stated . You see I simply couldn't give to Shih Tzu about the heritage of any vehicle no matter how rich it may be. I base a vehicle on certain criteria's: Aesthetics, function, practicality and value. I find this particular vehicle quite titilating especially the larger XC90. But to each their own
Ta-Ta
P.S shoot me
he's so annoying without even trying.
Get yourself an Tube Icon before commenting or something....
This car is so bad! GOD
This guy is too annoying for me
am I the only one who can't stand his talking?
The king of estates has always been the Mercedes e class t-modell, and judging from the pics I ve seen from the new gen, thats not gonna change anytime soon. Sorry, Volvo, but nice try.
i prefer this volvo to the new e-class. for me the mb is ugly, but everyone has their own tastes ;)
I also think that the Volvo looks better from the outside. I just think the Merc is the better Estate car, it has a bigger boot, a wider range of engines and optional AWD. But if someone would gift me a Volvo, I wouldnt say no :-)
You most likely forgot about the Volvo 850 it completely outmatched the BMW 5 series and the E class in it's time
Volvo will stop if Oprah is on the way.