Exterior
The XC60 is a sharp-looking little crossover, a poster child for Volvo's evolving modern image. No longer the square, boxy station wagon we remember from our childhoods, today's Volvo is sporting, sleek and sexy. Volvo refers to the XC60 as "the most sensual Volvo ever." To some, that might conjure fantasies of making out with Edward in the back of the XC60 he drove in several of the "Twilight" movies. To me, it just means there's enough form to make this car desirable to drive — with or without the family in tow — on top of all the function and safety it offers.
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Six-speed manual transmission
The manual six-speed gearbox provides good tractive power in each gear in
order to combine rapid acceleration with high top speed.
All Wheel Drive (AWD) for enhanced stability
All Wheel Drive is ...
Call lists
Call lists are copied to the hands-free function
each time a cell phone is connected and the
lists are updated while the phone is connected.
In normal view, turn TUNE counter-clockwise
to see t ...
Behind the wheel
Driving the XC70's turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 took some getting used to. I
appreciated the surprisingly zippy kick-in-the-pants feel, as opposed to the
sluggishly heavy acceleration I anticipated ...