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Bless the Swedes: an air purifier prevents up to 95 per cent of hazardous fine airborne particles floating into the cabin. You can even monitor particle and pollen levels outside the car. Natch.<\/p>\n
The 12.3-inch Driver Display is vertically mounted and thus bucks the trend to IMAX size horizontal screens. Volvo says it’s like your smartphone and it truly is. Even the driver manual is viewed on screen. Its deal with Google offers access directly to Google Maps for navigation and you can ask Mr. Google for help. Think I mistakenly addressed him as Alexa and Siri a few times but no offence was taken.<\/p>\n
The optional high-end Harman Kardon audio system delivered a concert experience, offering four different room modes. I figured Concert Hall was best for ABBA, the only appropriate choice given the group and car’s homeland. The pleasant harmonies rose from 15 hi-fi speakers. And an air-ventilated subwoofer delivered undistorted low bass tones, thanks to the pulsing of large amounts of air through an opening in the rear wheel arch. Yes, that’s correct.<\/p>\n
Just remembered that I’m supposed to drive it, not merely move in and set up home.<\/p>\n Power comes from an in-line, 4-cylinder 2-litre turbocharged engine with e-boost, which if you really must, takes you from zero to 100 klicks in 4.8 seconds. Forgive me, I forgot to play Boy Racer. What I can say is this hybrid combo makes passing a breeze.<\/p>\n I’m resistant to lot of the pro-active driver-assist features offered today, however, the lane control, hazard warnings and auto braking functioned well. A thoroughly enjoyable ride on a four-hour journey.<\/p>\n The smooth and quiet running was praised by my passengers for allowing non-shouting conversations. Their one criticism was the seatbelts in the back were tricky to set comfortably – too tight and high fitting.<\/p>\n The battery needs five hours on a Level 2 charger – the most common. Bit frustrating that this edition is not equipped to use the ultra-high-speed charging stations popping up at U.S. supermarkets.<\/p>\n You can expect a 58-kilometre range with pure battery power. Combined fuel economy should be around 8.5 L\/100km (city\/hwy).<\/p>\n Three cool features probably turned my head:<\/strong><\/p>\n The price as tested was $86,300 plus taxes but the XC60 Recharge lineup range is $59,950 to $91,350.<\/p>\n keithrmorgan@hotmail.com<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cool looks, interior comforts stand out in this urban sport ute<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":119364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"xc60-recharge-2024-rear-keithmorgan\"](\"http:\/\/interior-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/10\/xc60-recharge-2024-rear-keithmorgan.jpg\")
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