![]() ![]() ![]() RELATED: 9 tips to be a safer and smarter driver - especially with kids in the car First impressions of the Volvo XC90 Recharge We’re a family of four, and were heading off for a family holiday with two of the kids’ friends in tow – so we needed a car that would seat at least six. Check out our review of the family-friendly car below. Standing-start accel times omit 1-ft rollout of 0.3 sec.The Volvo XC90 Recharge is a plug-in hybrid, both petrol and electric, and seats seven. Tires: Pirelli Scorpion Verde All Season, 275/40R-21 107V M+S VOL Turbocharged, supercharged, and intercooled DOHC 16-valve 2.0-liter inline-4, 313 hp, 295 lb-ft permanent-magnet synchronous AC motor, 87 hp, 177 lb-ft combined output, 400 hp, 472 lb-ft 9.1-kWh lithium-ion battery packĨ-speed automatic (front), single-speed direct drive (rear)īrakes (F/R): 14.4-in vented disc/13.4-in vented disc/disc That's probably good for battery longevity, but the XC90 no doubt burns plenty of watts staying cool before it even turns a wheel.įront-engine, mid-motor, rear- or all-wheel-drive, 6-passenger, 4-door wagon Sometimes the fans start running even when the car is parked and unplugged. We also noted that the plug-in Volvos, this one included, tend to wrestle with thermal management while charging, running cooling fans for the battery pretty much constantly while plugged in. We did note that the T8 is efficient in regenerating electricity and has an effective charge mode that uses the 2.0-liter to replenish the battery while driving. That's well short of the EPA's 55-MPGe combined rating for the T8. Over more than 1000 miles of mixed driving, charging as often as possible, we averaged 25 MPGe. Drive coast to coast on the highway with no charging, and you're basically dragging around extra weight-although the big Volvo did post 29 mpg on our 75-mph highway fuel-economy test, bettering its federal estimate by 2 mpg. Run short trips around town with plenty of charging, and you'll probably see nice numbers. With plug-ins, quantifying efficiency gets tricky, because it all depends on how you use the vehicle-as we proved by gaming a Lincoln Aviator PHEV beyond an (indicated) 999 mpg. Which seems pretty reasonable for a three-row luxury SUV that rips the quarter-mile just 0.4 second slower than the 475-hp Dodge Durango SRT we tested and gets 25 MPGe.Īh yes, fuel economy. But come on, you need leather-covered sun visors, right? If you can forego those and other treats, like the $3200 Bowers & Wilkins sound system and the $1800 air springs at all four corners, an XC90 T8 can be had for as little as $68,495, not counting the current $5419 federal tax credit garnered by the plug-in powertrain. Our fully maxed-out Inscription model was as beautifully trimmed as cars costing twice as much, which is impressive since it costs quite a bit itself: $86,790 as tested. Sure, the front seat massage function only works on the backrest, but maybe you can get over that. In terms of design, the XC90 is still competitive with the best of its class, inside and out. But Volvo didn't do anything too radical, given that the XC90 has aged exceptionally well since its 2016 debut. There are also some minor cosmetic changes, like a new grille, and you can now get a six-passenger interior layout with second-row captain's chairs. You really don't notice anything unusual about the brake feel, which is the best thing you can say about a system that's combining regenerative braking with old-school friction. The brakes also get electronic control for the hydraulic circuits, which allowed Volvo to tune a linear pedal feel as the braking blends electric regeneration with the conventional discs. That battery gains some capacity for 2020, thus constituting the biggest hardware upgrade for 2020. However, thanks to the mid-aft position of the electric motor and the 9.1-kWh battery, the T8 does arrive at a nice front-to-rear balance, with only 52.0 percent of its weight resting on the front wheels. 77 g, so maybe don't go prowling canyon roads with it. Okay, we're talking about a 1977 Camaro Z/28, which pulled. And on the skidpad, our T8 generated more grip than a Camaro Z/28. The XC90 T8 could certainly surprise a few sports cars in a stoplight drag race. We clocked a zero-to-60-mph time of 4.9 seconds and a quarter-mile pass in 13.6 seconds at 102 mph, numbers that seem kind of hilarious for a three-row hybrid SUV with no outward pretensions of performance. It's much more fulfilling to let the Wonder Twins activate, summoning both the internal-combustion engine and the electric motor to goose the XC90 off the line like a startled elk.
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