Some may find its sober black lines, functional without stylistic flourishes, a tad severe.
The interior is Scandinavian to the core–with its floating center stack, superbly comfortable new front seats and simple, dial-operated console, it's in a class with Audi for both look and feel. And XC60s now come without the contrasting sills and wheel-arch moldings seen on earlier versions, making them more wagon-like yet. Last year's new front end made it a little sleeker, more like a car than a bluff utility vehicle. The lines of the XC60 remain rakish and handsome. Last year and this year, it's acquired new front-end styling, richer optional leather seats, a new and far easier-to-use infotainment system, and the company's safety wizards have added bicyclist detection to the City Safe collision-avoidance system. Perhaps hardcore Volvo traditionalists may not like the evolution from wagon to crossover, but the market has spoken, Volvo's first mid-size crossover stays remarkably up-to-date during a protracted midlife update. With all-wheel drive optional, every XC60 model offers excellent all-weather capability and family utility. The all-wheel-drive versions will have to wait for a few more years to get the updated powertrains.
#VOLVO CROSSOVER 2015 UPDATE#
Following a mild styling update for 2014, this year brings a pair of new and far more fuel-efficient engines-but only for front-wheel-drive models of the XC60. Since its launch back in 2010, it's offered both stylish lines and a dash of design flair while sticking to the Volvo traditional values of advanced safety and sensible interiors. The XC60 is the kind of crossover utility vehicle that's become the new family hauler-safe, sensible, spacious, and practical for families and their gear. It's the 2015 Volvo XC60, the third member of a trio of mid-szed Volvos built on the same underpinnings that forms the core of the Swedish brand's lineup in North America. family garages has been take over by a more modern iteration of the utility vehicle. While Volvo launched a new wagon for 2015 (it's called the V60), the role that its big, boxy, slab-sided wagons used to play in U.S.
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