2015 Volvo V60 T5 - Sibling Rivalry

T hrough its numerous street trips, canine pulling days, and errand running, our Four Seasons 2015 Volvo V60 has satisfied its notoriety for being a tasteful family wagon. What's stunningly better is that this utility comes at next to zero bargain. The V60 is just as great to drive as the S60. However, American customers still don't love wagons as much as hybrids - Volvo offers a miserable 400 V60s a month - so the new V60 Cross Country arrives to trick purchasers into supposing they have a SUV.

At the point when the V60 Cross Country landed at our office with its brilliant white paint and sweet dark inside, we couldn't deny the amount more engaging it looked than our 2015 Volvo V60 wagon. "It is slightly amazing, I need to concede," closes day by day news supervisor Jake Holmes, and it's in that regard that the Cross Country is maybe generally convincing. The distinctions are inconspicuous, however they go far outwardly: 2.6 inches of additional ride tallness, dark plastic cladding, doorsill scrape plates, front and raise skidplates, and dark tinted windows from the B-column back. Significantly more so than our low-riding, tan-leathered family-hauler, the Cross Country in any event watches prepared to go out and get filthy.

Be that as it may, the Cross Country's gentler suspension tuning, higher focal point of gravity, and higher-profile tires make it pitch and move more through tight turns more than our Four Seasons 2015 Volvo V60, which gloats a discretionary game suspension and 19-inch wheels. The Cross Country's taking care of penances would maybe be more justifiable arrived huge favorable circumstances past somewhat enhanced ride quality, higher freedom, and body security, yet whichever way no one is sensibly going to navigate rutted two-tracks in a V60 Cross Country. Also, on the off chance that it's winter ability you're after, we experienced no difficulty pushing through a lot of snow in our front-wheel-drive 2015 Volvo V60 this past winter with the Blizzak winter tires we sourced from Tire Rack.

In addition, in light of the fact that Volvo has not yet mated its fuel-tasting Drive-E turbo motor family with an all-wheel-drive framework, the AWD-just Cross Country accompanies Volvo's maturing 2.5-liter, turbo inline-five motor and six-rate transmission, which is more languid and unpleasant feeling than the present day pair. The four-barrel, turbocharged Drive-E motor in our V60 wagon is bounty intense, calmer, and smoother with its fast moving eight-velocity programmed.

At any rate until further notice, with the Volvo V60 Cross Country saddled with a more seasoned motor and transmission, it remains somewhat of a head-scratcher while the Volvo XC60 hybrid likewise exists. "I am not certain it really bodes well to purchase this versus purchasing either a V60 or a XC60," Holmes says. "The subset of purchasers, at any rate in the U.S., who wouldn't simply move up to a XC60 must be unimaginably little."

Between its more proficient looks and standard all-wheel drive, the V60 Cross Country is clearly beginning to win once again Volvo purchasers even in its first year. The Cross Country is a vital vehicle acquainted with push deals, thus far it's working. In April the V60 Cross Country sold 313 units, marginally behind the V60's 400 units. Individuals unquestionably like the harder looking rendition of Volvo's trademark wagon, however it's to the detriment of the V60 Drive-E's better mileage and taking care of. For us, the Cross Country's just humbly better ability isn't sufficient to influence us from the exemplary wagon. We'll stay with our Four Seasons 2015 Volvo V60.

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