Here are some sketches of the next generation Volvo XC90, as shown to Car and Driver magazine prior to the LA Show. These images are likely to be design proposals for Volvo’s big SUV, which has been around since 2002. A replacement for the successful original is overdue, and the next gen car, said to be planned for 2014, could look like this.
The main pic you see above shows a face that’s not too dissimilar with the one Volvo’s Concept Universe wears, hinting that this could be the new face of the brand. The other rear three quarter sketches show various profiles, rear designs and tail lamps, among other elements. One looks like a bigger XC60, another has a C30 style rear, but I like the one with the boomerang tail lamps the most.
The folks at C/D also revealed that the next XC90 will sit on a so called Scalable Platform Architecture, and the whole range will be exclusively powered by four-cylinder engines, in line with the downsizing movement. Needless to say, the four-pot mills will have direct injection and force induction, with varying outputs.
2014 is very far away, though, and the current XC90 will have to soldier on as old lady in a class of prettier, younger things.
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rear is nice….but the front is like shit………..
That’s why, I’m a Volvo freak and I think it would look better if the follow the Concept U instead of the Shanghai disaster Concept Universe. PV544 look doesn’t match this handsome SUV.
i got a feeling production version would look better,same as the concept U,the sketch was abit funny looking,but when they launched in Shanghai it looked better
roofline has the evoque que…..
Make it bigger than Ninja King.
Naaa. XC90 the overall shape is still good and relevant. Certainly much better than x5, Q7, ML and GX and and even CX. A little tweak here and there was enough to bring it up todate. It is just the interior. More work is needed. I suspect the currect xc90 design could become classic in future. The problem is the engine. Future cars do not drink petrol or diesel. That is another issue. Anyway, I am a volvo freak. Like everything about volvo except the boxy ones. So I give full marks to the next gen xc90 design. Hopefully, they give us an all electric vehicle with extended range. If not then even a battery with 300km range would do fine.