It looks like our friends in the Land of Smiles have received the all-new Volvo XC60, as the SUV has made its official launch debut there. The Thailand-market XC60 will be offered in a choice of three variants – D4 Diesel Momentum, T8 Twin Engine Momentum and T8 Twin Engine R-Design.
Pricing for the second-generation SUV starts from 3,090,000 baht (RM391k) for the D4 Diesel, and goes up to 3,290,000 baht (RM416k) for the T8 Twin Engine Momentum. The range-topping T8 Twin Engine R-Design on the other hand, costs 3,590,000 baht (RM454k).
As a special promotion, Thailand customers who make a booking before December 11 will get the Volvo Premium Service Package for free (normally a cost option). It includes a five-year/150,000 km warranty package, five-year/100,000 km Volvo Maintenance and five-year Volvo Assistance.
All three variants come with all-wheel drive, and use an eight-speed automatic transmission (AW TG-81SC for the D4, AW TG-81SD for the T8). The D4 features a 2.0 litre four-cylinder turbodiesel, packing 190 hp at 4,250 rpm and 400 Nm of torque between 1,750 to 2,500 rpm. It sprints from 0 to 100 km/h in 8.4 seconds and has a top speed of 205 km/h. The combined fuel consumption rating is 5.1 litres per 100 km.
The T8 Twin Engine is something we’re more familiar with (and could possibly get), and is made up of a twincharged 2.0 litre Drive-E engine, which gets assistance from an electric motor in the rear axle to produce a combined system output of 407 hp and 640 Nm of torque. All that is good for a zero to 100 km/h sprint time of 5.3 seconds (the XC90 gets there in 5.6 seconds) and a top speed of 230 km/h, yet the T8 is frugal enough to yield an average fuel consumption of 2.1 litres per 100 km.
Being a Volvo, the XC60 is generously equipped in the safety department, almost on par with what exists in the XC90 T8 and S90 T8. This includes the usual three-lettered acronyms systems (ABS, ESC, EBD), six airbags as standard, Large Animal Detection, Run-off Road Mitigation, Pilot Assist semi-autonomous driving (up to 130 km/h), Oncoming Lane Mitigation, City Safety and Blind Spot Information System.
Like the XC90, Thailand’s supply of XC60 will come from Malaysia, and they all will be built at the Swedish Motor Assemblies (SMA) plant in Shah Alam. For the uninitiated, the facility is Volvo’s production hub for the ASEAN region, having exported between 1,500 to 1,700 of cars to Thailand every year. Malaysia is also the only other country outside of Sweden to produce Volvo T8 models.
Closer to home, the XC60 was just recently spotted making rounds in Glenmarie wearing the R-Design outfit. In light of Malaysia being the exporter of the XC60 to Thailand, it isn’t too far-fetched to expect the SUV to be launched here as a locally-assembled model. Singapore is currently the only country in the region to receive the new XC60.
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RM1 equals 7.90 Thai Baht
Hardly see volvo on the road in Thailand even though it is like 25% cheaper than Germans.
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Volvo Geely > All
gila laa harga.. bila sampai malaysia lagi mahal dari audi, bmw, mercedes?
quality first! my uncles bmw turbo broke after 100 000km
Thai price are much higher then My. Maybe becoz they have p1 n p2..hehehe.. XC90 is selling around RM400K here in My. For this XC60 it must be less then that.
volvo thai always pricier than boleh
volvo indo orso Millions rupiah pricier
cukai dgn eksais mesia tinggi gila..
Will be at least RM700k in Malaysia. Double the price due to taxes and duties.
How come be RM700k. XC90 also sold for around RM400k. Their older model XC60 is selling around 270k.
how that can be? all new XC90 in boleh is start from RM403k, Thai start from Baht4.3M (RM540k). Current XC60 in Boleh start from RM266k…
Wrong
I am assuming the twincharged engine has a supercharger and turbocharger.
As far as I know, only the 1.4TSI engines in the prefacelift Volkswagen Jetta, Golf, Scirocco and Polo GTi had this.
While most manufacturer opt for twin turbo, it’s an engineering marvel to go the twincharge route, albeit more costly and complex.
dude.. the twin engine are petrol & electric
with that price….there goes my dream of owning one. Sigh….have to look at Harrier now, even CRV will do.
can only afford crv but dreaming of xc60? bodonya…
poorfag dreaming of xc60 but actually can only afford crv in real life .
The XC90 T8 is sold at RM628k in Thailand vs RM404k here. Using the same proportion I expect the XC60 T8 will be sold at slightly under RM300k here.
Volvo > all
Still cx9 is far more premium
Hmmm…current model is RM270k-300k.
Hopefully means a Malaysia launch is soon, at a price that is more affordable than Thailand. Rumour is the locally assembled GLC 350e plugin hybrid is coming soon. Not sure when the new X3 and Q5 is coming here. But it will be a crowded segment of mostly new SUVs after that.
Volvo made the right decision to go SUV & today the return of investment is rolling in.
Comparing XC90 price in Thailand and Malaysia, I estimate that XC60 T8 R-design will be priced around 300k to 320k in Malaysia. For me if it is priced RM320k or above I will just wait for the new Audi Q5 to be launched here. Both SUV are neck to neck in most of the online reviews that I have seen, with Q5 wins on driving experience, space & NVH while XC60 wins on interior luxuriousness, safety features and lower price.
audi q5 is 250 bhp. xc60 t8 is 400 bhp.
the current Thai market XC60 are manufactured from Belgium, so will same to Malaysia initial bathes of XC60, so, for sure the selling price of these are on Top North without thail/malaysia govern incentive..but once the Shah alam assemblies plants are ready for XC60, then price sure will come down..just see what happen on current XC90 price dropped from rm450K to Rm400..
Don’t u read?
RM350k in Malaysia, trust me….(low spec and CKD btw).