New Volvo V60 Launched!

[Mo28]

Hopefully the new V40 is as good looking inside as out as the new generation of Volvo's.

[covmutley]

Excluding the soon top be replaced V40, Volvo now has the best looking range of cars of all mass market manufacturers.

Anyone disagree?

[bedonde]

Well tbh the V40 is hardly a minger is it? Long in the tooth perhaps...

[kambites]

covmutley said:

Excluding the soon top be replaced V40, Volvo now has the best looking range of cars of all mass market manufacturers.

Anyone disagree?

Its between Volvo and Mazda for me.

[snake_oil]

kambites said:

Its between Volvo and Mazda for me.

Agreed. He says with a CX3 on the drive (Mrs Snake) and a V90 arriving next month...

[01samuelr]

Two years untill the company passat goes back. This is definitely a contender. Hope the government don’t penalise company car drivers too much with the hybrid option.

[Nickbrapp]

covmutley said:

Excluding the soon top be replaced V40, Volvo now has the best looking range of cars of all mass market manufacturers.

Anyone disagree?

Nope they are all utterly fantastic, I love the low wide bonnet and how unchintzy theu are, the last s60/v60 was also a looker too, Mazda aren’t far behind either!

[blearyeyedboy]

bedonde said:

Well tbh the V40 is hardly a minger is it? Long in the tooth perhaps...

Eye of the beholder and all that... but I think the V40 still looks the best in its (admittedly not that impressive-looking) class.

I imagine that Volvo have sussed out their market well and have nailed their current generation. Most people with a family and a dog will want one of these, a V90 or an XC90.

I hope that the balance between style and load bay has been addressed; the current V60's load bay is smaller than many large hatches and the S60's wouldn't trouble its current V40 sibling. That was the single biggest factor that stopped me buying the current version of the V60.

[Limpet]

covmutley said:

Excluding the soon top be replaced V40, Volvo now has the best looking range of cars of all mass market manufacturers.

Anyone disagree?

Agreed. They don't make a bad looking car IMHO.

A colleague has just taken delivery of an S90 in black, and it's a lovely looking thing.

[irish boy]

Nice. Looking forward to the polestar version.

[JamesRR]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Yup. I'm up for a car just like that, but NOW.
I had the V90 out for a day, and I just don't need that big a car.....


But this V60 won't be with us - at any deal at least until the turn of the year. Delivery likely 12mo from now in reality

I’m led to believe by a Volvo dealer that September this year is a very real possibility for cars starting to appear, after a dealer launch event in June.

[David87]

It's really lovely.

[Meridius]

[DanielSan]

Volvo have possibly the best looking range of cars at the moment. We need a new C30 with the same updated design

[Plate spinner]

Very nice. I do love an estate car.

[fathomfive]

Volvo have done a great job there. It's a really good looking car indeed.

[FN2TypeR]

That looks fantastic in my opinion, along with the new XC60. Hopefully these lovely looking things are a success story for Volvo.

[Nickbrapp]

Fantastic photo.

I’m hoping they do a coupe version similar to the polestar one to rival the c class coupe and 4 series. I would buy one without a doubt

[JD]

covmutley said:

Excluding the soon top be replaced V40, Volvo now has the best looking range of cars of all mass market manufacturers.

Anyone disagree?

Agree entirely.

Also the fact that this V60 can be had as a 400bhp hybrid helps!

I think if Volvo manage to effectively get the hybrid thing sorted before others, they will do very well in the transition to full electric.

[Davie]

Yup, agreed... great looking thing and in my opinion, a better looking car than the V90... which I always felt looked a bit droopy and awkward at the rear but this looks great, much nicer proportioned. I think it'll look even better in a nice, strong colour.