VOLVO XC60; Family Hybrid Car; Economical; Comfortable: VOLVO XC60 Review & Road Test
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- The Volvo XC60 is one of a number of new models from Volvo that has completely changed peoples opinions of the Swedish brand. It wasn't so long ago, owning a Volvo was viewed as a car your dad would like to own, a caravanner's dream or an affordable middle classed estate car. Fortunately those days are now long gone and the new look Volvo XC60 is a viable alternative to its equivalent Mercedes, Audi or BMW alternative.
Naturally, when your price tag is reflecting your premium ambitions, your product needs to match up. That was the challenge faced by the Volvo XC60, which sits nicely above the superb Volvo XC40 in the brand's SUV lineup. The XC60 is based on the same underpinnings as Volvo’s flagship SUV, the luxurious XC90. However, it's a bit shorter, a little bit cheaper and comes with five seats instead of the XC90’s seven. The XC60 is aimed squarely at other medium, premium SUV rivals, including the Audi Q5 and the BMW X3.
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Hi AJ , I just luv the way you do car reviews , sensible, practical , owner expectation , functionality, safety and ownership experience
This is in contrast to other car review sites that is not realistic like being paid to promote some popular brands to keep promoting on their reliabilities and resale values only rather than what the cars can offered and performed during the duration of ownership
Really appreciate and enjoy your video
A realistic down to earth honest review coming from you compare to others giving unacceptable superficial car reviews.
👍 Cheers
The voice commands work really well. On my XC60 I can set the fan speed, the direction of airflow, cabin temperature, all the climate settings via voice commands. Just say ‘help’ and the system will give you the commands you need. It’s not perfect, but it is much safer than taking you eyes off the road.
Great comment thanks
The large transmission tunnel - it’s where the hybrid battery lives.
Thanks for the comment and letting us know
Hi! Enjoyed watching the review, as said in the comments the screen isn't a 'touch screen' its an infra-red grid meaning you can operate it with literally anything!! The transmission tunnel doesn't actually have any transmission in it but is a convenient place for them to put the batteries as also said in a comment. The reason there is no 4 zone climate is because of that battery pack they cant fit the aircon pipes on the xc60 t8 in but can only do that on the xc90 which is a shame as it was something we were looking at when we were buying our current xc60 t8.
Accidentally stumbled over this video and it was very enjoyable to watch!!!!
Thanks for the Informative comment
Good point on the height comparison))
Spare tire is very necessary... especially for us who like going off road or very long distances where there could be no repairs garage... very necessary.. if it doesn't come with one... buying one is necessary.
Great review, just bought 2020 inscription on the back of your thoughts, only thing worth telling people is ( probably including now) that apple car and reversing camera are extras 👍
You can change the heat settings without having to go into the menu, just push the 'Talk Button' on the steering wheel and say ' increase heating to 23c' job done.
The hump in the back down the middle houses the battery for the hybrid system
The f..... steering Wheel is mounted on the wrong side🤮 A thing I noticed on other brands too when driving in Scotland
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What's the mild hybrid for towing?
My biggest issue with the T8 would be the longevity of the 2.0 engine
Thanks for the comment
Got a T 8 XC 90 for 4 years now and 456 000 km. No problems till today. Knock on wood.
They will go on forever as long as you look after me and change the old frequently. Many thanks for your comment
I think the D and B series without electric support during acceleration could have issues with the downsize motor. Not on the T 6 or 8, because the e motor supports a lot and prevent combustion engine from being damaged when abused.
@@steffenrosmus9177 I can understand why you say this, but Volvo over engineer their engines, if you've ever seen a video on a Volvo engine being stripped down any mechanic will tell you they go over the top with their specs, as Steffen above has said, he has done 270k miles with no issues, the 5 cylinder engines for example are so over specked that they could take up to 450 bhp without any modifications at all to the bottom end ! So knowing Volvo they have probably taken that same engineering to this four cylinder engine as well !
Honestly. Who regularly changes the temperature. Just leave it a 19 all year round
The screen works with gloves...you missinform the viewers.
Fair comment and thanks for taking the time to put some gloves on and test it for us.
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Thanks as always for your appreciation
its no Matt Watson is it .....
Do you mean that plant pot from Car Wow 😆
RECHARGE PHEV VERSION. The singular most disappointing aspect of this car is its inability to set a timed charge, using the car or app (believed the same on new XC90 models too).
Unless you have a smart home charge point, people like me with a dumb one, on an economy 7 tariff need to be nocturnal to benefit from off peak charging. A retrograde step from earlier models and spoiling a brand new car! Volvo offer no solution and their promise to fix it has not materialised in 8 months and is nowhere in sight. There’s no timer on the market sufficiently highly rated to make using the plug-in cable safe in the UK at least & in any case it takes 9 hours to charge.