Great design job by Volvo. I think the floating center stack is a really slick design trait for Volvo.

I definitely see some Audi-ish styling in the front end.

 

My experiences with Volvo's and Saabs for that matter, are that they are very problem prone. As a dealer once told Elizabeth and I, you may get a good one, may get a bad one....what confidence that evokes in the product.

 

I've heard 50% either way for Volvo's reliability. I've talked to people that have had 80s and 90s Volvos that ran forever, and one or two that had 90s Volvos that could barely keep them running.

Then again, many years ago C&D ran a short column story about a man in Sweden or Switzerland that had a 1960 or 70-something Volvo that at that time had the world's highest recorded car mileage on it: 1.8+ million miles. If memory serves, the car's engine had only been rebuilt twice, and that it was apparently running great still.

 

I like it a lot. Then again, I really like the S40 (wagon, especially!) and S60. This one is more mature, cleaner, and fairly tasteful. Wonder how much it'll be? Personally, I think a GS430 is a lot nicer inside and out and an RL is probably going to be cheaper, so tough decision.

Check out the extra room behind the center stack (last picture) - I love that feature, though I don't know how often it'd be used. Kind of breaks up the dash and gives it a waterfall effect.

 

The only Volvo that interests me anymore is the S60R, that car is damn hot. 300hp, 6-speed, AWD... yes, please.

 

I actually like it. The V8 should give the car the refinement that it deserves. It's nice to see that Volvo is fully adopting the floating center console.

 

I'd much rather be driving that than a bimmer or audi, very sexy looking car and it comes with a V8 even though that turbo I-5 is a great motor.

 

I thought this was the new Civic!

 

or a 3 series

Nothing special. They need to focus on quality. People used to buy volvo's when they were FUGLY boxes because they were safe and durable. Nowadays, Volvo's are not any safer(if fact maybe less safe) than other premium japanese and Euro sedans, and they are also much less reliable than in their hayday.

Volvo needs to go back to their basics.

 

they gonna have an R version of it?? S80R?