SPYSHOTS: Next-gen Volvo XC90 SUV caught testing

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This fully-camouflaged vehicle is the next-gen Volvo XC90 SUV, caught testing on a frozen Swedish lake by our European spies CarPix. It’s the real thing, not a mere working concept, underneath all those covers, seen here for the very first time. By any standards, this is massive.

It’s hard to tell yet how the second-generation premium SUV will look like when it goes on sale next year, but add two extra doors to the recent Volvo Concept XC Coupe and you’ll get the rough idea. Volvo has long gotten rid of its boxy image, but now it’s gunning for sexy.

The new seven-seat family soft-roader will be the first model to fully utilise Volvo’s brand new Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) modular base, which will help make it around 150 kg lighter than the twelve year-old original XC90. As you would expect of a Volvo, it will have a long list of new active and passive safety technologies.

Volvo’s own Drive-E engines – part of the Volvo Engine Architecture (VEA) family – will power it. Already in use in the latest S60, the new range includes a 302 hp/400 Nm 2.0 litre direct-injection petrol engine with both a turbo and a supercharger, connected to an eight-speed automatic. Hybrid variants are likely too.

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Preferring to drive cars rather than desks, Hafriz Shah ditched his suit and tie to join the ranks of Malaysia’s motoring hacks. A car’s technical brilliance is completely lost on him, appreciating character-making quirks more. When not writing this ego trip of a bio, he’s usually off driving about aimlessly, preferably in a car with the right combination of three foot pedals and six gears.

 

Comments

  • heybadigol on Feb 04, 2014 at 2:58 pm

    The XC Coupe is a beautiful car. So adding 2 doors should still make it a looker. From the silhoutte in the picture above, one can see a pronounced cab rearward stance (cabin pushed as far back from the front axle). Which brings to mind the gorgeous Infiniti FX. So, is Volvo finally going back to a RWD architecture (they were in the 80s and older) or a RWD based AWD system? The pictures do suggest a longitudinal engine layout. Cant wait to see how this new car will look like finally.

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  • At long last! Long lived the king of safest Consumer SUV!

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  • At long last! Long lived the king of safest Consumer SUV!

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  • sonyman on Feb 04, 2014 at 4:20 pm

    the back looks nice.

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  • farizY on Feb 04, 2014 at 4:43 pm

    Volvo has for the past few years already, wiped the “orang-tua” design from their cars, now they are gorgeous!! If only us, mere mortals can afford them.

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  • zamer on Feb 04, 2014 at 10:27 pm

    it looks huge, guess would be around Q7 size which a bit bulky.

    anyway, i cant wait to see this beast hit an Alza in a crash test..and get Perodua and proton people see it in front of their eyes why they are still having 2 airbags..

    actually to UMW also..stupid fella 270k toyota 2 airbags..its like paying rm10 nasi lemak get 2 piece of ikan bilis

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  • mmaker on Feb 05, 2014 at 8:54 am

    at 5-metre long, how to park this suv at ikea?

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  • Justice Ipsofacto on Feb 08, 2014 at 12:32 pm

    So it does look like volvo is on the upgrade path – catching up on merc and bmw etc.

    The current xc90 is being regarded as a mid-sized suv. I guess the new gen xc90 would be a large-sized suv and then (wot?) xc60 and 70 will merge and fill the mid-sized volvo suv(?)

    That means the 90’s (xc’s and s’s and v’s) will be volvo front line models.

    Good!

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