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Posted on 06/08/2018 4:14:13 PM PDT by jjotto
As Volvo prepares to inaugurate its first United States-based manufacturing facility in South Carolina, the Swedish luxury marque announced it will also reveal the 2019 S60 sedan at the same location. The S60 will make its debut at the Charleston production facility on June 20.
Motor Authority is scheduled to be on hand in Charleston for the reveal of the S60 and a tour of the new plant.
The reveal is part of Volvo's shifting strategy around media events. Volvo issued a press release about that strategy on Friday. Rather than attend major auto shows, Volvo said it will plan its own "purpose-specific" events. The strategy began with the 2019 XC40 debut at the 2017 Milan Fashion Week and the 2019 V60's debut in the driveway of a suburban home in Stockholm.
Volvo also dropped the bombshell that it will skip the 2019 Geneva motor show with no immediate plans to return.
"We are not saying never to car shows. We expect industry events like the Geneva Motor Show to continue evolving and we may return in future," Björn Annwall, senior vice president of strategy, brand and retail at Volvo Cars, said.
As for the 2019 Volvo S60, the sedan will be the first Volvo ever assembled in the U.S. Per a leaked photo of the sedan published in March, the S60 resembles a scaled-down version of the S90 sedan. The interior should directly mirror the V60 wagon.
Look for the S60 to first arrive in T5 and T6 variants, delivering 250 and 316 horsepower, respectively. T6 and T8 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid models are in the works, but it's unclear which will show up for the U.S. market. The U.S. is scheduled to get a T8 V60, so that could be a clue about the sedan stablemate. Meanwhile, a long-wheelbase version of the S60 sedan might be built in China.
Starting in 2021, Volvo will also build the next-generation XC90 at the U.S. plant.
"Starting in 2021, Volvo will also build the next-generation XC90 at the U.S. plant."
Winning!
I had previously heard that all of the 2019 Volvo cars were going to be electric? When did that change?
We have an XC-90, and a V-50. Both are great cars. Still have the old reliable SAAB 9-3, but up for sale due the stick shift. Nobody seems to want to drive a stick anymore.
Awesome.
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Misunderstanding. New Volvo models will all have hybrid options in Europe. The new S60 made in USA will be gas-only, at least initially.
Sorry,I’ll walk before I buy a Chinese automobile.
I have a 2011 XC 60. Best quality vehicle I have ever owned.
And expensive.....:(
Dunno what model it was, but the rental Volvo sedan they gave me several years ago was the most weird car I ever drove. Kept dying (I thought) every stop light, and could not get the doors to lock from outside. Interior controls were just as strange.
Since 2010 Volvo Auto has been owned by the Geely Holding Group, a Chinese multinational automotive manufacturing company.
This thread is useless without pics ;-)
You mean the Start/Stop function? That’s getting standard on all higher-end vehicles. In the ECO mode, the engine shuts off before complete stop. Takes getting used to, but most new cars seem to do this.
I’m not a fan either. Neighbor’s new Jeep has to have Start/Stop turned off manually after each cold start.
Volvo's performance brand Polestar 1. 600hp, $155k.
'59 Volvo
The Medallions (1959)Up and down the freeway,
(Fifty-nine Volvo, fifty-nine!)
The best car on the highway.
(Fifty-nine Volvo, fifty-nine!)
They’re going to slow, much too slow
For my Volvo! Volvo!My little car is smooth and nice.
When I take the corners, the girls look twice.
Eighty wild horses under my hood
Give me power that’s understood.Volvo! (fifty-nine), Volvo! (fifty-nine),
Volvo! (fifty-nine), Volvo! (fifty-nine),
Volvo! (fifty-nine), Volvo! (fifty-nine),They’re going to slow, much too slow
For my Volvo! Volvo!I don’t care if you're a stud cad,
I don’t think my Volvo can be had.
When I get it up in high,
Watch my Volvo go flying by.Volvo! (fifty-nine), Volvo! (fifty-nine),
Volvo! (fifty-nine), Volvo! (fifty-nine),
Volvo! (fifty-nine), Volvo! (fifty-nine).They’re going to slow, much too slow
For my Volvo! Volvo!Up and down the freeway,
(Fifty-nine Volvo, fifty-nine!)
The best car on the highway! (Fifty-nine Volvo, fifty-nine!)
They’re going to slow, much too slow
For my Volvo! Volvo!
Back in high school, my uncle had the 200 station wagon and claims it’s his “fave” car. I asked him one time why is that during my HS graduation and he told me “you could sleep at the back when you have no money and you can get laid at the back too, trust me” :)
Eventually, after college I leased the S40 for a few weeks and was supposed to return it. I was looking for a cheap apt and eventually got it. When I asked the landlord 8 months later why she gave it to me, she told me because I was the only one driving a European car among the applicants, but then I switched to a Honda.
Geely owns Volvo so... yeah.
My 2014 German vehicle has stop/start.However,it always defaults to the last setting before you shut the car off so that's great.It's my understanding that Mercedes (mine isn't a Benz) always defaults to "on" which would drive me up a wall given that 95% of my miles are at 65/70MPH.
I recently bought an Audi A4 that has this "feature." It is awful, even though it's deemed to be one of the smoothest systems available. Fortunately, some smart people on the Audi forums figured out an ECU hack that allowed me to permanently disable it.
Volvo’s are no more Chinese than Chrysler’s are Italian. Still Swedish management and engineers, just Chinese money backing them.....
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