- Welcome Guest |
- Publish Article |
- Blog |
- Login
This year we wait unveiling the second generation of the XC90 as several months after the conventional versions on the market has a board and plug-in hybrid version.
The Swedish manufacturer claims that the interior of the new XC90 will be the first ones of all the cars in its history.
Volvo provided the new generation, while his aged but still popular model XC90 progressing quite carefully. Late last year, the Swedish automaker unveiled a platform prepared, and maybe form through the concept of design implies XC Coupe, unveiled at this year's auto show in Detroit.
Volvo starts to reveal the second generation of the popular SUV XC90. Swedish manufacturer yet published the first photos of the interior of the news. The new XC90 will be fully revealed at the end of August.
The interior is minimalist Swedish, dominates the dashboard is reminiscent dimensional display tablet placed between the air conditioning vents. The specialty of the display will be the fact that it will be controlled by hand; using a glove, then a special filter will prevent the image reflected in the windshield.
With the screen on the center console appears only minimum keys. The new multimedia system offers a number of features, among them will access to Internet applications.
As for the material used is soft leather and wood. Maybe but the gear selector is made by hand from crystal glass made by the Swedish glassworks Orrefors.
The new generation XC90 to be the first representative of a new serial design style of your brand and first Volvo gets some advanced driver assistance systems. Progress will, of course, the menu propulsion systems besides the conventional version, with the entry into the market is expected at the end of this year and early next year we will see plug-in hybrid. He has the information available to arrive in the summer of 2015.
In an interview with Green Car Reports this information confirmed by representatives of car manufacturers, who also partially unveil a new hybrid technique. In the case of a new Volvo XC90 will not go the same way as in the case of the model V60 Plug-In Hybrid, which is used in a diesel engine.
Volvo XC90 Plug-In Hybrid to be fitted with a petrol-liter turbocharged four-cylinder from the new generation E-Drive, possessing power of around 225 kW. Between the engine and eight-speed gearbox is to be placed electric motor, which will help out especially with acceleration.
To ensure all-wheel drive will be the same as for V60 Plug-In Hybrid rear axle positioned a second electric motor. It has additionally the ability to drive purely on electricity. According to unofficial information, the overall performance of the hybrid XC90 is at around 294 kW and torque of around 529 Nm.
Using a hybrid system with a gasoline engine instead of the already tried and tested solutions from the model with turbo V60 Plug-In Hybrid is a focus on the North American market, where it wants with the new Volvo XC90 build on the sales success of the new generation.
Writer is the team member of used car parts Ireland suppliers, as a car mechanic he started his carrier 20years ago now he love to write about new and old car models.
Article Views: 1418 Report this Article